(a) Enrollment in a high school shall not be a precondition for enrollment in a career technical center for a student of any age without a diploma. For the purposes of this section, a general education development credential shall not be considered a high school diploma.

(b) A school district may establish reasonable procedures to require its resident students to discuss educational opportunities within career technical centers or the high school. Procedures shall not interfere with enrollment in a career technical center. If a student without a diploma who is not enrolled in a high school enrolls in a career technical center, within 10 days of enrollment, the career technical center shall notify the school district of residence of the enrollment. (Added 1997, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)