1. (a) Beginning in 2021-22, the Division of Career and Technical Education will begin full implementation of a tiered support system to include annual desk audits of documentation submitted by the school district and a follow-up on-site visit if necessary.
2. (b) Each district will be evaluated on a yearly basis by the division using the CTE risk assessment tool.
3. (c) The purpose of this tool is to provide a yearly review to determine the level of tiered support necessary.

4. (d)

   1. (1) There is no minimum required number of visits, rather a threshold that will be set based on the risk assessment to recommend assistance to a district.
   2. (2) However, a district can request support at any time.

5. (e) Districts will be evaluated using the following criteria:

   1. (1) LEA has a new CTE coordinator;
   2. (2) LEA had conditional/unapproved programs of study in the previous academic prior year;
   3. (3) LEA/Programs did not provide adequate information in their CLNA;
   4. (4) CTSOs inactive and/or not available LEA programs of study;
   5. (5) LEA does not have minimum of three (3) programs of study in three (3) occupational areas (final determination of occupational area TBD);
   6. (6) LEA does not demonstrate program implementation of a start-up after receiving state start up grant award;
   7. (7) LEA does not fully spend Perkins allocation or misspends;
   8. (8) LEA lacks industry certifications earned by students; and
   9. (9) LEA not offering required courses (middle level grades, etc.).

Codification Notes: “CTE” means career technical education. "LEA" means local education agency. "CLNA" means Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment. "CTSO" means career and technical student organization.