For an individual who has completed a secondary preparation program, each of the endorsements listed in this section requires completion of a two-credit CTE methods course. Each endorsement also requires one of the following: passage of the state-designated content test, completion of state-designated coursework, or 4,000 hours of validated work experience in a related field within the previous five years. The endorsements are:

1. (1) Education and training career cluster;
2. (2) Food products and processing career pathway;
3. (3) Plant systems career pathway;
4. (4) Animal systems career pathway;
5. (5) Power structural and technical systems career pathway;
6. (6) Agribusiness career pathway;
7. (7) Business marketing and management career pathway;
8. (8) Sales, merchandising, and marketing research support career pathway;
9. (9) Welding and precision machining career pathway;
10. (10) Accounting career pathway;
11. (11) Banking services and business finance career pathway;
12. (12) Insurance, securities, and investments career pathway;
13. (13) Restaurant and food service management career pathway;
14. (14) Travel and tourism career pathway;
15. (15) Early childhood development career pathway;
16. (16) Consumer services career pathway;
17. (17) Programming and software development career pathway;
18. (18) Web and digital communications career pathway;
19. (19) Networking systems and information support career pathway;
20. (20) Design and pre-construction career pathway;
21. (21) Construction career pathway; and
22. (22) Government and public administration.

Source: 43 SDR 175, effective July 3, 2017; 45 SDR 35, effective September 19, 2018.

General Authority: SDCL 13-1-12.1 , 13-42-3.

Law Implemented: SDCL 13-1-12.1 , 13-42-1 to 13-42-4 , inclusive, 13-43-5 , 13-43-5.1.

Prior versions effective: 2017-07-03.