Career technical education: pilot program.

Existing law requires that the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, offer courses in career technical education designed and conducted for the purpose of preparing youth for gainful employment in the occupations and in the numbers that are appropriate to the personnel needs of the state and the community served and relevant to the career desires and needs of the pupils. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a pilot program in which the Superintendent of Public Instruction would invite school districts with high dropout rates to participate in a career technical education development plan.