258.15 Career academy.
1. A career academy may be established under an agreement between a single school district and a community college, or by multiple school districts and a community college organized into a regional career and technical education planning partnership pursuant to section 258.14. A career academy established under this section shall be a career-oriented or occupation-oriented program of study that includes a minimum of two years of secondary education, which may fulfill the sequential unit requirement in one of the four service areas required under section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “h”, is articulated with a postsecondary education program, and is approved by the director under section 258.4. A career academy shall do all of the following:
a. Utilize regional career and technical education planning partnerships outlined in section 258.14 in an advisory capacity to inform the selection and design of the career academy and establishment of industry standards.
b. Establish a program of study that meets all of the following criteria:
(1) Is designed to meet industry standards and prepare students for success in postsecondary education and the workforce.
(2) Integrates academic coursework, includes work-based learning, and utilizes the individual career and academic planning process established under section 279.61.
(3) Allows students enrolled in the academy an opportunity to continue on to an associate degree and, if applicable, a postsecondary baccalaureate degree program.
2. The state board, in consultation with the division of community colleges of the department, shall adopt rules setting minimum standards for the development and implementation of career academies under this section and ensuring compliance with the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, 20 U.S.C. §2301 et seq., as amended.
2016 Acts, ch 1108, §47; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §76
Referred to in §257.51, 258.6
Structure Iowa Code
Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 258 - CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Section 258.1 - Federal Act accepted.
Section 258.2 - State board for career and technical education.
Section 258.3A - Duties of state board.
Section 258.4 - Duties of director.
Section 258.5 - Reimbursement from federal and state moneys.
Section 258.9 - Local advisory council.
Section 258.10 - Powers of district boards.
Section 258.11 - Salary and expenses for administration.
Section 258.12 - Custodian of funds.
Section 258.13 - Biennial report.
Section 258.14 - Regional career and technical education planning partnerships.
Section 258.15 - Career academy.
Section 258.16 - Regional vocational education planning boards established — duties.
Section 258.17 - Community-based workplace learning program — workstart.