West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 126 - Education
Title 126 - PROCEDURAL RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Series 126-045 - Criteria Of Excellence: Vocational Education Programs
Section 126-45-2 - Applicability
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024
The criteria for vocational education programs are to be used to determine whether or not high quality programs of study are offered to all students. Policy 2510, RegulationsforGeneral,Vocational,andSpecialEducationalPrograms, this, and other general policies apply to each identified program listed in the Vocational Education volume.
2.1. Copy of the policy is attached. Copies may be obtained in the Office of the Secretary of State and from the West Virginia Department of Education.
2.2. Summary of policy below.
SUMMARY OF INTERPRETIVE RULE
This policy identifies the vocational education programs of study and presents the following criteria of excellence for each program of study: Program Definition; Program Delivery (administrative practices, instructional practices, personnel, facilities, instructional materials, supplies and equipment); Program Assurance (student evaluation, program improvement, and school improvement). The vocational education programs of study to which these high quality standards apply are: Business education, career exploration, consumer and homemaking, diversified cooperative training, health occupations education, industrial arts education, industrial and technical education, marketing and distributive education, occupational home economics, and vocational agriculture/agribusiness. Also included are high quality staffing ratios for educational personnel at the school and county level.
