2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:183.3 — Career major; description; curriculum and graduation requirements

§183.3.  Career major; description; curriculum and graduation requirements

A.(1)  A career major shall provide a student with greater technical skill and a strong academic core and shall be offered to each high school student.  Such a major shall be linked to postsecondary options and shall prepare students to pursue either a degree or certification from a postsecondary institution, an industry-based training or certification, an apprenticeship, the military, or immediate entrance into a career field.  Such a major shall be primarily designed for those students who are not initially college bound and shall provide them with alternatives to immediate entrance into a four-year university or college after high school graduation.

(2)  By the year 2006, each high school shall offer at least one career major program. Schools shall review majors offered each year and expand offerings as appropriate, including courses offered through articulation, correspondence, and technological methods such as distance learning through the Internet and compressed video.

B.(1)  Students in a career major program shall complete an academic core of courses and a career and technical sequence of courses.

(2)  The course requirements for the career major shall consist of the following:

(a)  At least four English credits in courses with content equal to that of college preparatory English.

(b)  At least three mathematics credits, not fewer than two courses of which have content equal to that of college preparatory mathematics.

(c)  At least three science credits, not fewer than two courses of which have content equal to that of college preparatory science.

(d)  At least three social studies credits, not fewer than two courses of which shall have content equal to that of college preparatory social studies.  Each student shall successfully complete a course in free enterprise, as provided in R.S. 17:274, and civics, as provided in R.S. 17:274.1.

(e)  At least two credits in health and physical education.

(f)  At least six or more credits consisting of four credits in an area of concentration and two related credits, including one credit in a computer technology course. Courses shall be selected to prepare a student for postsecondary education or a career.

(g)  Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 191, §2, eff. May 31, 2001.

C.  Graduation requirements for the career major shall consist of requirements mandated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for all high school students, including all testing and course requirements and all provisions of R.S. 17:261 through 279.

Acts 1997, No. 1124, §1; Acts 2001, No. 191, §§1 and 2, eff. May 31, 2001.