D.C. Code § 38-192.02
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§ 38-192.02. Youth-focused career preparation study.
Official statutory text
(a) The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education shall conduct and publish a public study in Fiscal Year 2025 that:
(1) Provides a historical review of the evolution of youth-focused career preparation programming, including past workforce programming and historical stand-alone vocational education programming at high schools such as Armstrong Manual Training School, Bell School, O Street Vocational School, Burdick Career High School, and Chamberlain Career Senior High School;
(2) Identifies programmatic gaps that may exist between historic programs offered at stand-alone vocational education schools and current CTE and career preparation programs for youth up to the age of 24;
(3) Examines best practices in jurisdictions that have successfully used CTE and career preparation programs for youth up to the age of 24 to advance greater employment opportunities for those youth; and
(4) Recommends proposals for improving the District's existing landscape of CTE and career preparation programs.
(b) For the purposes of this section the term "CTE" means career and technical education programming funded by a grant received pursuant to the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, approved July 31, 2018 (Pub. L. No. 115-224; 132 Stat. 1563), or through OSSE's Advanced Technical Center.
(1) Provides a historical review of the evolution of youth-focused career preparation programming, including past workforce programming and historical stand-alone vocational education programming at high schools such as Armstrong Manual Training School, Bell School, O Street Vocational School, Burdick Career High School, and Chamberlain Career Senior High School;
(2) Identifies programmatic gaps that may exist between historic programs offered at stand-alone vocational education schools and current CTE and career preparation programs for youth up to the age of 24;
(3) Examines best practices in jurisdictions that have successfully used CTE and career preparation programs for youth up to the age of 24 to advance greater employment opportunities for those youth; and
(4) Recommends proposals for improving the District's existing landscape of CTE and career preparation programs.
(b) For the purposes of this section the term "CTE" means career and technical education programming funded by a grant received pursuant to the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, approved July 31, 2018 (Pub. L. No. 115-224; 132 Stat. 1563), or through OSSE's Advanced Technical Center.
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