Section 52519 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 28. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The governing board of any high school district or
unified school district shall, prior to establishing a vocational or
occupational training program, conduct a job market study of the
labor market area in which it proposes to establish the program. The
study shall use the State-Local Cooperative Labor Market Information
Program established in Section 10533 of the Unemployment Insurance
Code, or if this program is not available in the labor market area,
other available sources of labor market information. The study shall
include a California Occupational Information System supply analysis
of existing vocational and occupational education or training
programs for adults maintained by high schools, community colleges,
and private postsecondary schools in the area to ensure that the
anticipated employment demand for the adults enrolled in the proposed
program justifies the establishment of the proposed courses of
instruction.
(b) Subsequent to completing the study required by this section
and prior to establishing the program, the governing board of the
high school or unified school district shall determine whether or not
the study justifies the proposed vocational education program.
(c) If the governing board of the high school district or unified
school district determines that the job market study justifies the
initiation of the proposed program, it shall, by resolution,
determine whether the program shall be offered through the district's
own facilities or through a contract with an approved private
postsecondary school pursuant to Section 8092.