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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="21-211" title_number="21" title_name="Career and Technology Education Programs" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Career and Technical Education">
  <text>In making the recommendations required under § 21–209(h) of this subtitle regarding adjustments to the State’s CTE system, the CTE Committee shall strive to create a comprehensive, unified system of career progression that:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Is attuned to the State’s workforce needs;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Features integration among as many industries as possible;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Features performance assessments administered by industry practitioners whenever possible;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Allows a student trained in one career to seamlessly transfer the student’s skills and education to a new career in a different field;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Incorporates professional workplace soft skills, including interpersonal and communication skills, time management, business etiquette, and use of common business tools; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Incorporates education in high school, community college, and other postsecondary occupational training programs into a unified system that will provide students with credentials at various points that build on previous credentials.</text>
  </level>
</section>
