18A:26-2.15 Programming to improve student career readiness.
1. a. Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, a regionally-accredited institution of higher education offering a teacher preparation program for a New Jersey instructional certificate shall incorporate programming, which is curricula encompassing coursework or practical and clinical studies, or a combination thereof, to improve student career readiness. The programming shall include, but need not be limited to, employability skills, career awareness, and understanding career and technical education.
b. Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, the preparation program for any person seeking an instructional certificate through the State's alternate route program shall include programming to improve student career readiness. The programming shall include, but need not be limited to, employability skills, career awareness, and understanding career and technical education.
L.2014, c.72, s.1.