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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-127" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <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>“Local career counseling agreement” means a memorandum of understanding between a county board, a local workforce development board, a community college, and, if appropriate, an American Job Center to provide career counseling services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Program” means the Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Career Counseling Program for Middle and High School Students.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The purpose of the Program is to provide each middle school and high school student in the county with individualized career counseling services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each county board shall enter into a local career counseling agreement with the local workforce development board, the community college that serves the county, and, if appropriate, an American Job Center.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Counseling provided under the local career counseling agreement shall help each student choose one or more post–college and career readiness pathways under § 7–205.1 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Funding received by the county board for career counseling under Subtitle 2 of this title shall be spent in accordance with the agreement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The CTE Committee shall conduct an evaluation of each local career counseling agreement for best practices and disseminate its findings to all county boards, local workforce development boards, community colleges, and if appropriate, American Job Centers in the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
