Section 388.1909 - Information and counseling services.
CAREER AND TECHNICAL PREPARATION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 258 of 2000
388.1909 Information and counseling services.
Sec. 9.
(1) Each school district shall provide information to all high school students on the career and technical preparation enrollment options under this act, including enrollment eligibility; the programs and types of courses that are eligible for participation; the decision-making process for granting academic credits; an explanation of eligible charges that will be paid by the school district and of financial arrangements for eligible charges and for paying costs not paid for by the school district; eligibility for payment of all or part of eligible charges by the school district under this act; an explanation that, if the student qualifies for payment of all or part of eligible charges by the school district under this act, the school district will pay that support directly to the career and technical preparation program upon being billed by the career and technical preparation program and that the student is not responsible for that payment but is responsible for payment of costs not paid for under this act; available support services; the need to arrange an appropriate schedule; consequences of failing or not completing a vocational education course in which the eligible student enrolls; the effect of enrolling in a career and technical preparation course on the eligible student's ability to complete the required high school graduation requirements; and the academic and social responsibilities that must be assumed by the eligible student and his or her parent or guardian.
(2) To the extent possible, a school district shall provide counseling services to an eligible student and his or her parent or guardian before the eligible student enrolls in a career and technical preparation course under this act to ensure that the eligible student and his or her parent or guardian are fully aware of the benefits, risks, and possible consequences of enrolling in the course. The person providing the counseling shall encourage the eligible student and his or her parent or guardian to also use available counseling services at the career and technical preparation program before the quarter or semester of enrollment to ensure that anticipated plans are appropriate. A school district may provide the counseling required under this section in a group meeting if additional personalized counseling is also made available.
(3) Before enrolling in an eligible course at a career and technical preparation program under this act, an eligible student and his or her parent or guardian shall file with the career and technical preparation program a signed form provided by the eligible student's school district stating that the student is an eligible student and has received the information and counseling specified in subsections (1) and (2) and that the student understands the responsibilities that must be assumed in enrolling in the course. Upon request, the department shall provide technical assistance to a school district and to a career and technical preparation program in developing appropriate forms and counseling guidelines for purposes of this section.
History: 2000, Act 258, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001 ;-- 2004, Act 592, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2005
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of certain powers and duties vested in the department of career development or its director, relating to powers and duties of state board of education or superintendent of public instruction to the department of labor and economic growth, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.For transfer of powers of department of labor and economic growth regarding career and technical education program for secondary students to department of education by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2007-1, compiled at MCL 388.998.