This district may establish career technical schools that qualify for funding appropriated by the Idaho Legislature for the specific purpose of supporting the added cost of career technical schools. In order for a school in this district to qualify for funding as a career technical school, the district will apply to the division of career technical education on or before April 15th for the following fiscal year for both new schools and renewal applications.
Each career technical school in this district will meet all three (3) of the following criteria:
1. The school serves students from two (2) or more high schools. No one (1) high school can comprise more than eighty-five percent (85%) of the total enrolled career technical school students. In the event a student enrolled in the career technical school is not enrolled in a public high school, the eighty-five percent (85%) will be calculated based on the public high school attendance area where the student resides.
2. The majority of the school’s program offerings lead to some form of postsecondary credit, such as dual credit or other advanced opportunities, as defined by the State Board of Education, or include apprenticeship opportunities.
3. All school programs offer at least one (1) supervised field experience for all students.
Each career technical school in this district will also meet at least one (1) of the following criteria:
1. The school is funded separately from schools that qualify for computation using regular secondary support units.
2. The school has a separate and distinct governing board.
3. The majority of the school programs are provided at dedicated facilities that are separate from the regular high school facilities.
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LEGAL REFERENCE:
Idaho Code §33-1002G
ADOPTED: September 18, 2019
AMENDED: