(a) The Commissioner of Education and the Labor Commissioner shall jointly issue a Connecticut career certificate to students who successfully complete a program established pursuant to section 10-20a and demonstrate satisfactory academic achievement in accordance with such standards as may be adopted by the Commissioner of Education.
(b) No more than one elective credit for purposes of section 10-221a shall be awarded for each such program of at least one hundred twenty hours of work-based instruction which is successfully completed at the secondary level. Credit for work experience at the postsecondary level shall be determined by the board of trustees or governing authority for the postsecondary institution in which the student is enrolled.
(P.A. 94-116, S. 23, 28; P.A. 97-195, S. 3, 5.)
History: P.A. 94-116 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 97-195 amended Subsec. (b) to change the requirements for credits and to add provision allowing the board of trustees or governing authority to determine credit at the postsecondary level, effective June 24, 1997.