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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="5-412" title_number="5" title_name="Financing" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Accountability and Implementation Board">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“CTE Committee” means the Career and Technical Education Committee established under § 21–207 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Program” means the CTE Expert Review Team Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The CTE Committee shall establish, administer, and supervise a CTE Expert Review Team Program for schools with career and technical education programs and pathways.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the program will have the same purpose, structure, training, and reporting requirements as the Expert Review Team Program established by the Department under  § 5–411 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The CTE Committee shall select the members of CTE Expert Review Teams in the Program.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The CTE Committee shall select CTE Expert Review Team members who, to the extent practicable, reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic, linguistic, and gender diversity of the population of the public school students, from the following groups:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Highly regarded career and technical education teachers who are represented by teachers’ organizations that, for purposes of collective bargaining, represent a majority of teachers in the State or in a local school system;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>School leaders;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Employers;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Trade unions; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Apprenticeship and internship sponsors.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>During a school visit, a CTE Expert Review Team shall conduct interviews, observe classes, and use other data to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Determine  whether student progress is insufficient toward successful completion of the CTE pathway; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Develop recommendations, measures, and strategies to address the issues identified by the CTE Expert Review Team.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>After a CTE Expert Review Team issues a report, the school, the county board, the employers, and apprenticeship or internship sponsors shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Review the report and recommendations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If necessary, submit a plan to the CTE Committee addressing the recommendations in the report.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Beginning on July 1, 2022, and ending July 1, 2031, the CTE Committee shall develop and submit to the Board, for approval, a plan to deploy the CTE Expert Review Teams in the following school year.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Subject to the Board’s approval, the CTE Committee shall schedule CTE Expert Review Team school visits in a manner designed to provide the CTE Committee and the Department with sufficient information to make informed decisions on the release of school funds conditioned on student performance, including adequate time for a school to respond to an Expert Review Team’s report and recommendations before decisions are made regarding the retaining of school funds.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
