HB 2229 Summary

• Amends definitions for joint technical education district (JTED) courses and programs to clarify that credit may be awarded for any career and technical education course, and specifies that community college courses are exempt from certain laboratory/field-based instructional time requirements.

• Modifies JTED program requirements to include assessment options for career readiness and entry-level employment where relevant certification or licensure does not exist in an industry.

• Adds conflict of interest requirements under section 38-503 for JTED governing board members and requires school districts to report maintenance of effort and how monies were used to supplement career and technical education courses.

• Establishes that the career and technical education division must determine whether satellite campus courses meet approval criteria and can only submit requests after joint board approval, with appeal rights to the state board of vocational education.

• Requires the annual JTED report to include data on school district maintenance of effort, expenditures for personnel, equipment and facilities, and clarifies performance indicators may not be based solely on Carl D. Perkins Act criteria.