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115. Vocational Education

The Board shall provide a program of vocational education:

• to prepare students for gainful employment as semi-skilled workers or technicians or practitioners in recognized occupations and in new or emerging occupations;
• to prepare students for enrollment in advanced or skilled vocational and technical education programs; and
• to assist students in making informed and meaningful occupational choices.
  

For purposes of this policy, vocational education shall be defined as any form of education of less than college grade given in a school or elsewhere, the purpose of which is to prepare students for employment.

The Board will support a program of vocational education which shall include:

1. Vocational courses of study as part of the regular curriculum of the school, as approved by the Board on a yearly basis.
2. A work release program to offer students experience in private employment.
3. Attendance at Eastern Montgomery County Vocational Technical School and participation in a cooperative program of vocational development.
   

The Superintendent shall be responsible for developing procedures which shall insure that the operation of vocational education is in compliance with rules of the State Board regarding vocational education.

All students participating in vocational education programs supervised by this Board are considered to be regularly enrolled in the schools of this district, subject to the policies and rules of this Board and jointly established policies and rules of this district and the Eastern Montgomery County Vocational-Technical School.