(1) School board, superintendent, and school accountability for career and technical education within elementary and secondary schools includes, but is not limited to:
- (a) Student exposure to a variety of careers and provision of instruction to explore specific careers in greater depth.
- (b) Student awareness of available career and technical programs and the corresponding occupations into which such programs lead.
- (c) Student development of individual career plans.
- (d) Integration of academic and career and technical skills in the secondary curriculum.
- (e) Student preparation to enter the workforce and enroll in postsecondary education without being required to complete college preparatory or vocational preparatory instruction.
- (f) Student retention in school through high school graduation.
- (g) Career and technical curriculum articulation with corresponding postsecondary programs in the local area technical center or community college, or both.
- (2) No school board or public school shall require a student to participate in any school-to-work or job training program. A district school board or school shall not require a student to meet occupational standards for grade level promotion or graduation unless the student is voluntarily enrolled in a job training program.
History.--s. 143, ch. 2002-387.