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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1806" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-Tech) Schools">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before December 1 each year, the Department, in consultation with the Commission, shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on the implementation of the Program in the State, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The number of students enrolled in each P–TECH school;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The industry partners associated with each P–TECH school;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The pathway sequence created for each P–TECH school;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>How P–TECH students performed on federal and State assessments;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The number of P–TECH students graduating from each P–TECH school and receiving a high school diploma and an associate’s degree;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The year in which each P–TECH student graduated and received the degree;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The number of P–TECH students in each P–TECH school who receive paid internships with each industry partner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>The number of P–TECH students in each P–TECH school on track for on–time completion of the pathway sequence;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>The rate of attrition, if any, from each P–TECH school by grade and by cohort;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>The number of students at each P–TECH school who have an IEP plan, have a 504 plan, or are English Language Learners;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>The percentage of P–TECH students who meet the free and reduced meal plan income criteria in each P–TECH school;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>The number of P–TECH students in each P–TECH school who, by the fourth year of the pathway sequence, complete the requirements for a high school diploma;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>The number of P–TECH students in each P–TECH school who are employed after completion of the pathway sequence with each industry partner or who matriculate to a public or private senior higher education institution after finishing the pathway sequence;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>The base and supplemental costs of operating a P–TECH school;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>The total amount of funds distributed to each P–TECH school in accordance with this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="16">
      <text>An accounting of each P–TECH school’s expenditures; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="17">
      <text>Whether all funds distributed under this subtitle were spent.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before December 1, 2023, the Department, in consultation with the Commission, shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An analysis of the annual data reported under subsection (a) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An evaluation of whether the P–TECH Program is successful in preparing students for the workforce or for further postsecondary education.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
