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Virginia Board of Education Agenda ItemAgenda Item:EDate: April 27, 2017TitleFirst Review of Revisions to the List of 2017-2018 Board of Education ApprovedIndustry Certifications, Occupational Competency Assessments, and ProfessionalLicensesPresenterMs. Lolita B. Hall, Director, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult 5-2051Purpose of Presentation:Action required by Board of Education regulation.Previous Review or Action:Previous review and action. Specify date and action taken below:Dates: September 28, 2000; April 26, 2001; April 24 & 25, 2002; May 28, 2003; June 25, 2003;February 25, 2004; February 23, 2005; November 30, 2005, November 29, 2006, January 10, 2008,January 15, 2009, January 14, 2010, February 17, 2011, May 24, 2012, June 27, 2013, April 24, 2014,April 23, 2015, and April 28, 2016.Action: Technical changes, additions, and/or deletions were approved to the list of Board-approvedcertification examinations, assessments, and licenses.Action Requested:Action will be requested at a future meeting. Specify anticipated date below:May 25, 2017 – Final ReviewAlignment with Board of Education Goals: Please indicate (X) all that apply:X Goal 1: Accountability for Student LearningGoal 2: Rigorous Standards to Promote College and Career ReadinessGoal 3: Expanded Opportunities to LearnGoal 4: Nurturing Young LearnersGoal 5: Highly Qualified and Effective EducatorsGoal 6: Sound Policies for Student SuccessGoal 7: Safe and Secure SchoolsOther Priority or Initiative. Specify:Background Information and Statutory Authority:Goal 1: Secondary students who complete rigorous and relevant CTE programs gain the knowledge andskills needed to earn industry-recognized, in-demand credentials that lead to success in further educationand careers.A

The Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia, 8 VAC 20-13150.H.3, provide students who demonstrate academic excellence and/or outstanding achievement theopportunity to earn the Board of Education’s Career and Technical Education Seal.8 VAC 20-131-50.H.3 – “The Board of Education’s Career and Technical Education Seal will beawarded to students who earn a Standard Diploma or an Advanced Studies Diploma and complete aprescribed sequence of courses in a career and technical education concentration or specializationthat they choose and maintain a “B” or better average in those courses; or (i) pass an examination oran occupational competency assessment in a career and technical education concentration orspecialization that confers certification or occupational competency credential from a recognizedindustry, trade or professional association or (ii) acquire a professional license in that career andtechnical education field from the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Board of Education shallapprove all professional licenses and examinations used to satisfy these requirements.”The Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia, 8 VAC 20-13150.H.4, provide students who demonstrate academic excellence and/or outstanding achievement theopportunity to earn the Board of Education’s Seal of Advanced Mathematics and Technology.8 VAC 20-131-50.H.4 – “The Board of Education’s Seal of Advanced Mathematics and Technologywill be awarded to students who earn either a Standard Diploma or an Advanced Studies Diplomaand (i) satisfy all of the mathematics requirements for the Advanced Studies Diploma (four units ofcredit including Algebra II; two verified units of credit) with a “B” average or better; and (ii) either(a) pass an examination in a career and technical education field that confers certification from arecognized industry, or trade or professional association; (b) acquire a professional license in acareer and technical education field from the Commonwealth of Virginia; or (c) pass an examinationapproved by the board that confers college-level credit in a technology or computer science area.The Board of Education shall approve all professional licenses and examinations used to satisfythese requirements.”The Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia make the followingprovisions relative to students earning verified units of credit:8 VAC 20-131-110.C – Standard and verified units of credit“The Board of Education may from time to time approve additional tests for the purpose ofawarding verified credit. Such additional tests, which enable students to earn verified units of credit,must, at a minimum, meet the following criteria:1. The test must be standardized and graded independently of the school or school division inwhich the test is given;2. The test must be knowledge based;3. The test must be administered on a multistate or international basis, or administered as part ofanother state’s accountability assessment program; and4. To be counted in a specific academic area, the test must measure content that incorporates orexceeds the SOL content in the course for which verified credit is given.”B

8 VAC 20-131-50.B.2 – (Requirements for a Standard Diploma - Footnotes 5, 6 and 8)5 “A student may utilize additional tests for earning verified credit in computer science, technology,career and technical education, economics or other areas as prescribed by the board in 8VAC 20131-110.”“Students who complete a career and technical education program sequence and pass anexamination or occupational competency assessment in a career and technical education field thatconfers certification or an occupational competency credential from a recognized industry, or tradeor professional association, or acquires a professional license in a career and technical educationfield from the Commonwealth of Virginia may substitute the certification, competency credential, orlicense for (i) the student selected verified credit and (ii) either a science or history and socialscience verified credit when the certification, license, or credential confers more than one verifiedcredit. The examination or occupational competency assessment must be approved by the Board ofEducation as an additional test to verify student achievement.”6“Students shall earn a career and technical education credential approved by the Board ofEducation, except when a career and technical education credential in a particular subject area is notreadily available or appropriate or does not adequately measure student competency, in which casethe student shall receive satisfactory competency-based instruction in the subject area to satisfy thestandard diploma requirements. The career and technical education credential, when required, couldinclude the successful completion of an industry certification, a state licensure examination, anational occupational competency assessment, or the Virginia workplace readiness assessment.”88 VAC 20-131-50.C.2 – (Requirements for an Advanced Studies Diploma - Footnote 5)5 “A student may utilize additional tests for earning verified credit in computer science, technology,career and technical education, economics or other areas as prescribed by the board in 8VAC 20131-110.”Summary of Important Issues:The process for reviewing and validating industry credentials for the purpose of awarding verified creditis based on the following criteria: 1) the test must be standardized and graded independently of theschool or school division in which the test is given; 2) the test must be knowledge based; 3) the test mustbe administered on a multistate or international basis, or administered as part of another state’saccountability assessment program; and 4) to be counted in a specific academic area, the test mustmeasure content that incorporates or exceeds the Standards of Learning content in the course for whichverified credit is given. Important to this process is ensuring that the credential is relevant andrecognized in the workplace.The attached list of 401 industry or trade association certification examinations, professional licenses,and occupational competency assessments meets the Board’s requirements in 8 VAC 20-131-50.H.3(Board of Education’s Career and Technical Education Seal), 8 VAC 20-131-50.H.4 (Board ofEducation’s Seal of Advanced Mathematics and Technology), 8 VAC 20-131-110.C (Standard andVerified Units of Credit), 8 VAC 20-131-50.B.2 (Requirements for a Standard Diploma - Footnotes 5, 6and 8), and 8 VAC 20-131-50.C.2 (Requirements for an Advanced Studies Diploma - Footnote 5).Included in the attached list are 47 additional industry or trade association certification examinations andoccupational competency assessments that have been identified as meeting criteria to satisfyrequirements for the Career and Technical Education Seal, the Seal of Advanced Mathematics andTechnology, student-selected verified credit, and the Standard Diploma graduation requirement.C

Industry or trade association certification examinations, professional licenses, and occupationalcompetency assessments are continually being revised or discontinued to stay current with technologyand new techniques. These changes may be such that individual certifications are no longer available orno longer meet the Board of Education’s criteria for diploma seals or student-selected verified credit, orrequire additional criteria. Technical changes have been made to the credential name or issuingorganization of 5 certifications that were previously approved by the Board. In addition, 14 certificationexaminations are recommended for deletion from the Board-approved list.Impact on Fiscal and Human Resources:State funds will be used to assist students to become certified. Federal Perkins CTE funds may be usedto help teachers, programs, and students become certified.Timetable for Further Review/Action:After final approval, a Superintendent’s Memorandum will notify school divisions of the technicalchanges and additions to and deletions from the list of industry certifications, occupational competencyassessments, and licenses.Superintendent's Recommendation:The Superintendent of Public Instruction recommends that the Board of Education receive for firstreview the revised list of industry certification examinations, occupational competency assessments, andlicenses to meet the requirements for the Board of Education’s Career and Technical Education andAdvanced Mathematics and Technology Seals, student-selected verified credit, and the StandardDiploma graduation requirement.TECHNICAL CHANGESBusiness and Information Technology1. Global Standard (GS4) Certification Examination IC3 Digital Literacy Certification Examination(Certiport)Family and Consumer Sciences1. Hospitality and Tourism Management Examinations, (Pass Level 1 and/or Level 2) CertifiedHospitality and Tourism Management Professional Examination (Must Pass Level 1 and Level 2)(American Hotel and Lodging Association (AH&LA))Health and Medical Sciences1. Nationally Registered Certified Dental Assistant (NRCDA) Examination (National Associationof Health Professionals (NAHP))Marketing1. Hospitality and Tourism Management Examinations, (Pass Level 1 and/or Level 2) CertifiedHospitality and Tourism Management Professional Examination (Must Pass Level 1 and Level 2)(American Hotel and Lodging Association (AH&LA))Trade and Industrial Education1. Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching Examination (Must passall 3 exams) (CiscoSystems, Inc.)D