Section 33430.

(a) This article establishes the Health Science and Medical Technology Project, administered by the State Department of Education to provide competitive grant funds to California public schools offering grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to enhance existing or establish new health-related career pathway programs. Programs eligible for funding include, but are not necessarily limited to, California partnership academies and regional occupational centers and programs, as well as other health science and medical technology pathway programs. Grant recipients shall, at a minimum, offer a coherent sequence of standards-based academic and Career Technical Education coursework in selected pathways that will result in higher levels of achievement, technical skills, and knowledge necessary for students to pursue a full range of health care employment at support, technical, or professional levels.

(b) Funding provided for the purposes of this article shall be used for any of the following purposes: standards-based curriculum development, development of a sequence of courses in selected pathways, program articulation in grades 7 to 14, inclusive, material and equipment, student support, work-based learning experiences, and professional development.

(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 837, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, pursuant to Section 33432.)