HB 91 — CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PILOT PROJECT

HOUSE BILL 91 54TH LEGISLATURE - STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSIO, 2019 INTRODUCED BY Sheryl Williams Stapleton and Dayan Hochman-Vigil 6 8 FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE 10 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION IMPROVEMENTS;

REQUIRING THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF STUDENT, PROGRAM AND INSTRUCTOR DATA TO DETERMINE 14 THE EFFICACY OF THE PILOT PROJECT;

e8 t 17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

w l n d 18 SECTION 1.

A new section of the Public School Code is = = 19 enacted to read:

a"CAREER l i a e r 20 "[NEW MATERIAL] CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PILOT a t m m 21 PROJECT.-- d r e 22 A.

A "career technical education pilot project" is c e s k 23 created as a seven-year pilot project administered by the e a n b 24 department to fund high-quality career technical education u [ programs and monitor their effect on student outcomes, .212022.1 including achievement scores, academic growth, remediation rates and graduation rates.

School districts and charter schools may apply to participate in the pilot project HB 91 on forms provided by the department.

The department may Page 1 provide grants to school districts and charter schools to:

e e 17 B.

At a minimum, the career technical education e e n d 18 programs funded by the department as part of the pilot project = = l ] 19 shall:

a l r i 20 (1) include rigorous content aligned with t e a t academic standards and relevant career technical content that m m 21 e d r e 22 align secondary and post-secondary education;

c e r c 23 (2) incorporate permeable pathways through e a n b 24 post-secondary education;

u [ (3) include potential for dual credit courses;

.212022.1 - 2 - (4) require competency in science, technology, engineering and mathematics;

(7) establish partnerships among the local school district or charter school, post-secondary HB 91 Page 2 institutions and local business and industry;

e e 17 (1) addresses project-based learning;

e e n d 18 (2) includes the basics of pedagogy;

= = l ] 19 (3) promotes integration of career technical a l r i 20 curricula with core content areas;

t e a t (4) includes training in instruction for m m 21 e d r e 22 employability and soft skills;

c e r c 23 (5) includes training in social-emotional e a n b 24 learning and trauma-informed instruction;

and u [ (6) addresses department standards and .212022.1 - 3 - benchmarks for career technical education.

The department shall provide annual and final reports to the legislature through the legislative education study committee and the governor on the efficacy of the pilot HB 91 Page 3 project." SECTION 2.

"[NEW"CAREER MATERIAL] CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FUND CREATED.--CREATED.--The The "career technical education fund" is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury until the end of the pilot project.

The department shall administer the fund e e 17 and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to e e n d 18 carry out the career technical education pilot project.

The = = l ] 19 fund shall be administered by the department and money in the a l r i 20 fund is appropriated to the department to provide grants to t e a t school districts and charter schools participating in the pilot m m 21 e d r e 22 project.

Expenditures from the fund shall be on warrants of c e r c 23 the secretary of finance and administration on vouchers signed e a n b 24 by the secretary of public education or the secretary's u [ designated representative." .212022.1HB -91 Page 4 -25