Education Laws and Regulations

603 CMR 4.00:

Career Technical Education

Section:

  • 4.01: Purpose
  • 4.02: Definitions
  • 4.03: Program Approval Criteria and Operational Requirements
  • 4.04: Program Approval Procedures and Policies
  • 4.05: Program Outcomes
  • 4.06: Unpaid Off-Campus Construction and Maintenance Projects
  • 4.07: Types of Career Technical Teacher Licenses, Requirements for Licensure and Licenses Issued
  • 4.08: Types of Career Technical Administrator Licenses and Requirements for Licensure
  • 4.09: Types of Career Technical Cooperative Education Coordinator Licenses and Requirements for Licensure
  • 4.10: Professional Standards
  • 4.11: Extension of Preliminary Career Technical Teacher License
  • 4.12: Professional Career Technical Educator License Renewal and Professional Development
  • 4.13: General Provisions Regarding Educator Licensure
  • 4.14: Certificate of Occupational Proficiency
  • 4.15: Endorsements
  • 4.16: Pilot Programs
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Most Recently amended by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education: May 20, 2025

4.01: Purpose

(1) 603 CMR 4.00 supervises the operation of public career technical education programs in the Commonwealth, and governs the operation and approval of secondary and postsecondary career technical education programs offered in public school districts. They govern the licensure of career technical education educators in public school districts.

(2) Purpose. The purpose of 603 CMR 4.00 is to promote, for all career technical education programs, the scope and quality necessary to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to compete in a dynamic, global workplace and in postsecondary education including registered apprenticeship programs.

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Last Updated: June 13, 2025

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