A. A local school board, alone or in cooperation with other local school boards, may develop a plan for the establishment of an area vocational high school. The plan shall be submitted to the department for its approval.

B. The department may approve a plan for an area vocational high school if the plan adequately provides for:

(1) sufficient financing for the operation of the school, which may include an election for a special levy not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) for each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, and that may be in addition to levies authorized by the College District Tax Act;

(2) a broad vocational and technical education program serving a sufficient number of students to achieve economic viability; and

(3) compliance with the state plan for vocational education.

History: Laws 1999, ch. 219, § 19; 2019, ch. 59, § 1.

The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, removed a provision requiring area vocational high schools be located on the campus of a post-secondary educational institution, and required school boards to submit plans to develop vocational high schools to the public education department for approval; in Subsection A, deleted "on the campus of a post-secondary educational institution to facilitate sharing of facilities", and deleted "state board of education and the commission on higher education for their" and added "department for its"; and in Subsection B, deleted "state board of education and the commission on higher education" and added "department".