Area Career Center Service Regions

PURPOSE: This rule provides planning stability by establishing service regions and to provide procedures for altering these regions. (1) The initial assignment of a sending school district to a specific area vocational school will be effective for the 1983-84 school year and shall continue until the assignment is changed by action of the State Board of Education (state board). (2) School districts whose students were enrolled in one (1) area vocational school during the 1983-84 school year shall be assigned to that area vocational school. (3) School districts whose students were enrolled in more than one (1) area vocational school during the 1983-84 school year shall be assigned to the area vocational school in which the greater number of the district’s students were enrolled during the 1983-84 school year. (4) Future assignments for school districts not affiliated with an area vocational school during the 1983-84 school year shall be approved by the state board. The request for assignment shall be submitted in writing to the assistant commissioner, Office of College and Career Readiness, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, by November 1, to be considered for the next year. For good cause shown, the state board may waive the requirement for submission by November 1. The request shall be authorized by the local board of education (board) and signed by the superintendent and shall include rationale justifying the affiliation. Based on the information presented and comments from officials of the area career center, the assistant commissioner will prepare a recommendation to the commissioner of education and the state board. All districts involved will be officially notified of the board’s decision. (5) School districts that desire to enroll students in more than one (1) area career center or to change affiliation from one (1) area career center to another shall obtain the approval of the state board. The written request shall be submitted to the assistant commissioner, Office of College and Career Readiness, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, by November 1, to be considered for the next school year. The request shall be authorized by the board and signed by the superintendent and shall include a rationale justifying the request. Based on the information presented and on other information as may be requested from administrators of the school districts involved, the assistant commissioner will prepare a recommendation to the commissioner of education and the state board. The state board will make a determination regarding the district’s affiliation based upon the information presented. All districts involved in the request will be officially notified by letter of the state board’s decision. (6) Any sending school district altering an affiliation with an area career center without following the procedures previously described in sections (4) and (5) may by action of the state board be disallowed any reimbursement for contracted services and any provision of transportation aid to and from the area career center. (7) The service region for any additional area career center approved subsequent to the effective date of this rule will be defined at the time of approval. AUTHORITY: sections 161.092 and 178.510, RSMo 2016, and section 178.530, RSMo Supp. 2024.* This rule previously filed as 5 CSR 60120.050. Original rule filed May 26, 1983, effective Nov. 14, 1983. Amended: Filed Feb. 8, 1985, effective June 1, 1985. Moved to 5 CSR 20-200.180, effective Aug. 16, 2011. Amended: Filed May 15, 2024, effective Nov. 30, 2024. *Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 2002, 2003, 2013, 2014; 178.510, RSMo 1963; and 178.530, RSMo 1963, amended 1977, 1991, 1995, 2012, 2013, 2019. 5 CSR 20-200.190 Vocational-Technical Education Enhancement Grant Award Program PURPOSE: This rule establishes minimum requirements for the administration of the Vocational-Technical Education Enhancement Grant Award Program. (1) The Vocational-Technical Education Enhancement Grant Award Program shall be administered by the Division of Vocational and Adult Education (division), Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), which has the authority to determine grant award criteria and annual grant amounts. (2) Eligible institutions shall include public high schools, area vocational-technical schools and community colleges that operate DESE-approved occupational preparatory (long-term) vocational education programs. Grant awards shall be made under the following conditions: (A) Seventy-five percent (75%) of grant funds shall be expended for new programs, curriculum enhancement or instructional equipment that address demand occupations that have been determined to be in critical shortage, as published by the division. The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) or less of the grant may be used for these purposes, as well as facility improvement without regard for demand occupations. A grant recipient shall expend at least twenty-five percent (25%) matching funds from local sources for all grant funds expended for instructional equipment. A grant recipient shall expend at least fifty percent (50%) matching funds from local sources for all other grant fund expenditures; (B) An advisory committee with no fewer than twelve (12) members shall be established by each eligible institution prior to a grant award. This committee shall be composed of at least two (2) members representing each of the following groups: business persons, labor leaders, parents, senior citizens, community leaders and teachers. The committee shall assist the grant recipient with the development of a plan which will ensure that graduates proceed to a two (2)- or four (4)-year college/university or a high wage job with workplace skill development opportunities. This plan shall be developed prior to the close of the fiscal year that the grant recipient receives an initial grant under this grant award program. Eligible institutions that apply for grant funds after receiving an initial grant award shall submit a description of the accomplishments made toward the implementation of their initial plan and any modifications to their initial plan; and (C) A budget shall be developed which details all major expenditure categories and itemizes all equipment purchases. Equipment purchases with grant funds shall: 1. Have prior approval of the division; and 2. Be appropriate to the instructional content of the vocational education course or program. (3) A request for proposals will be made available to eligible institutions by the division for each fiscal year. Applicants must develop a grant proposal and forward it to the division no later than the published date in order to receive consideration. Grant awards will be effective July 1 of each year. (4) Grant proposals must contain at least the following: (A) The name and address of the institution and school or community college district applying for a grant award; (B) A statement of commitment to implement the content of the grant proposal bearing the signature of the chief administrator of the school or community college district submitting the grant proposal; (C) A description of how the funds made available by this grant award program will be used to enhance the vocational education offering at the institution and address demand occupations; (D) A detailed, line item budget of anticipated local and grant fund expenditures; (E) An assurance that fiscal control, property management control and fund accounting procedures are provided; (F) An assurance that funds from local sources will be allocated and expended for the purposes delineated in the grant proposal in an amount equal to or greater than twentyfive percent (25%) for all instructional equipment and equal to or greater than fifty percent (50%) for all other grant award expenditure; (G) An assurance that seventy-five percent (75%) of grant funds will be expended for new programs, curriculum enhancement or instructional equipment that address demand occupations; (H) An assurance that the grant recipient will comply with all reporting requirements of the department relating to this grant award program; (I) An assurance by secondary school districts that student performance standards will be established within the district that lead to or qualify students for graduation, and that these standards meet or exceed the Show-Me Standards; (J) An assurance that prior to the close of the fiscal year of the grant award a plan will be developed with the assistance of the prescribed advisory committee, to ensure that graduates proceed to a two (2)- or four (4)-year college/university or a high wage job with workplace skill development opportunities; (K) A listing of the advisory committee members and the category that they represent; (L) The title and classification of instructional programs (CIP) code of any occupational preparatory (long-term) vocational education program for which grant funds will be expended; and (M) A complete application for new or expanding regular vocational education programs, if an occupational preparatory (long-term) vocational education program is being established or expended with grant funds. (5) The division will review all grant proposals submitted by eligible institutions based upon the extent to which: AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (A) The proposed programs, services and activities enhance vocational education; (B) The proposed programs, services and activities address demand occupations; and (C) A complete grant proposal is received prior to the proposal deadline. (6) The division will give priority to eligible institutions that have not previously received a grant award. (7) Beginning July 1, 1994, the commissioner of education shall request from the director of the Division of Workforce Development, Department of Economic Development, an annual listing of demand occupations in the state, including substate projections. The listing shall include those occupations for which, in the judgment of the director of the Division of Workforce Development, there are critical shortages to meet present and future employment needs necessary to the economic growth and competitiveness of the state. The division will publish the list of demand occupations annually in its request for proposals. (8) The assistant commissioner for Vocational and Adult Education may set aside up to ten percent (10%) of the monies appropriated for regional or statewide projects. The projects shall: (A) Enhance the delivery system of vocational-technical education; (B) Integrate academic and vocational-technical education; or (C) Improve the articulation of vocational-technical programs at secondary and postsecondary institutions. AUTHORITY: sections 161.092 and 178.585, RSMo 2000.* This rule previously filed as 5 CSR 60-120.070. Original rule filed Nov. 10, 1993, effective June 6, 1994. Amended: Filed Nov. 22, 1994, effective June 30, 1995. Amended: Filed July 7, 2000, effective Feb. 28, 2001. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Oct. 19, 2001, effective May 30, 2002. Moved to 5 CSR 20-200.190, effective Aug. 16, 2011. *Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973; and 178.585, RSMo 1993, amended 1995.