The state board of education shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to guide school districts in determining whether a potential school-to-career program meets the standards for certification.
A certified school-to-career program other than a sequenced and articulated secondary and postsecondary program registered as an apprenticeship program under 29 C.F.R. subtit. A, pt. 29, shall comply with all of the following standards:
1. The program is conducted pursuant to an organized, written plan embodying the terms and conditions of employment, job training, classroom instruction, and supervision of one or more participants, subscribed to by a sponsor who has undertaken to carry out the school-to-career program.
2. The program complies with all state and federal laws pertaining to the workplace.
3. The employer agrees to assign an employee to serve as a mentor for a participant. The mentor's occupation shall be in the same career pathway as the career interests of the participant.
4. The program involves an eligible postsecondary institution as defined in section 261C.3.
5. Other standards adopted by rule by the state board of education after consultation with the department of economic development.
6. The participant's high school agrees to file with the department of education an initial notice of intent to conduct a certified program, and shall include in the notice the name of the contact person charged with overseeing the school district's certified program. The participant's high school shall maintain on file the certified program agreement required by section 15.364.
98 Acts, ch 1225, §17, 40; 2000 Acts, ch 1013, §2, 3
Referred to in §15.362
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