(A) The Department of Education shall develop a curriculum, aligned with state content standards, organized around a career cluster system that must provide students with both strong academics and real-world problem solving skills. Students must be provided individualized educational, academic, and career-oriented choices and greater exposure to career information and opportunities. This system must promote the involvement and cooperative effort of parents, teachers, and school counselors in assisting students in making these choices, in setting career goals, and in developing individual graduation plans to achieve these goals.
(B) School districts must lay the foundation for the clusters of study system in elementary school by providing career awareness activities. In the middle grades programs must allow students to identify career interests and abilities and align them with clusters of study for the development of individual graduation plans. Finally, high school students must be provided guidance and curricula that will enable them to complete successfully their individual graduation plans, preparing them for a seamless transition to relevant employment, further training, or postsecondary study.
HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 88, Section 1, eff May 27, 2005.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 59 - South Carolina Education And Economic Development Act
Section 59-59-10. Citation of chapter.
Section 59-59-30. Implementation of chapter; administrative support and staffing.
Section 59-59-40. Guidance and counseling model.
Section 59-59-55. Model for addressing at-risk students.
Section 59-59-60. Organizing high school curricula around clusters of study and cluster majors.
Section 59-59-105. Duties of career specialists.
Section 59-59-120. Limitation of activities of guidance counselors and career specialists.
Section 59-59-130. Implementation of principles of "High Schools that Work" organizational model.
Section 59-59-140. Individual graduation plans.
Section 59-59-150. Regulations for identifying at-risk students; model programs.
Section 59-59-160. Parental participation; annual parent counseling conferences.
Section 59-59-190. Assistance in planning and promoting career information and employment options.
Section 59-59-200. Training of teachers and guidance counselors; review of performance.
Section 59-59-220. Development of appropriate resources and instructional materials.
Section 59-59-230. Promulgation of regulations.