Standard and Criteria for
Vocational and Adult Schools.

Definition of Vocational and Adult Schools

To be eligible for NCA CASI accreditation under these criteria, a school must have every student in attendance enrolled in a vocational or adult program. The central concern of these schools is with vocational or adult education.

The vocational/adult school should issue its diploma and/or appropriate credential under its own name or on behalf of the total district. The diploma may be issued by a sponsoring secondary school, but the diploma-completion program must be fully under the direction of the separately administered vocational/adult school. Its administrative organization must be separate from that of any other school in the district although it may occupy or share the same physical facilities.

Schools not meeting the above definitions, such as comprehensive high schools with some students not enrolled in vocational or adult programs, must seek NCA CASI accreditation through another set of standard and criteria more appropriate to their programs.

As used in these criteria, adult signifies a person beyond the mandatory school attendance age for that particular state; vocational encompasses the term occupational.

The school's classification by the state educational agency will also serve as classification of level of programs for NCA CASI purposes.

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