# COMAR Title 13A — State Board of Education

## Subtitle 04 — Specific Subjects

### Chapter 10 — Program of Instruction in Career Development for College and Career Readiness

**Authority:** Education Article, §2-205, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: July 4, 1983 (10:13 Md. R. 1181)

**Administrative History:** Chapter revised effective January 15, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3133)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01C amended effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1387)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02A amended effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1387)

**Administrative History:** Regulations .01 and .02 repealed and new Regulations .01 and .02 adopted effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1349)

**Administrative History:** Chapter renamed Program of Instruction in Career Development for College and Career Readiness, effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1447)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective March 22, 2021 (48:6 Md. R. 238)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01A amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1447)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1447); March 22, 2021 (48:6 Md. R. 238)

#### Regulation .01 Requirement — Career Development for Instruction in Grades Prekindergarten—12.

*COMAR 13A.04.10.01*

A. Each local school system shall:

  (1) Provide in the public schools equal access to and equitable support in implementing a systematic instructional program in career development and decision making in accordance with the Maryland Career and Technical Education Four-Year State Plan (April 2020) and Maryland Career Development Framework, which are incorporated by reference for all students in grades prekindergarten—12; and

  (2) Ensure that before grade 9 each student shall develop an individual academic and career plan and update it annually.

B. Career Development Program. The comprehensive instructional program in grades prekindergarten—12 shall provide for diversity of student needs, abilities, and interests and shall include the career development content standards in §§C—H of this regulation.

C. Self Awareness. Students shall acquire and apply self-knowledge in order to develop personal, learning, and career goals.

D. Career Awareness. Students shall use the Maryland Career Development Framework and career pathways in order to understand the relationship between educational achievement and career goals.

E. Career Exploration. Students shall assess career choices and related pathways in order to develop an academic and career plan.

F. Career Preparation. Students shall prepare for postsecondary and career success through a sequenced academic and technical program of study and related workplace experiences.

G. Job Seeking and Advancement. Students shall demonstrate skills to secure, maintain, and advance in employment.

H. Career Satisfaction and Transition. Students shall demonstrate how the ongoing attainment of knowledge and skills enhances one's ability to function and transition effectively in a diverse and changing economy.

#### Regulation .02 Certification Procedures.

*COMAR 13A.04.10.02*

By September 1, 2014, and each 5 years after that, each local superintendent of schools shall provide a description of the career development instructional program for grades prekindergarten—12 and certify to the State Superintendent of Schools that the instructional programming in grades prekindergarten—12 meets, at a minimum, the requirements set forth in Regulation .01 of this chapter.