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§ 18-1857. Cosmetology Training Through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: July 8, 2022

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 P.S. Education
Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949 (Refs & Annos)
Article XVIII. Career and Technical Education (Refs & Annos)
Subarticle (c). Area Career and Technical Schools and Technical Institutes (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 8, 2022
24 P.S. § 18-1857
§ 18-1857. Cosmetology Training Through Career and Technical Center Pilot Program
Currentness
(a) The Cosmetology Training Through Career And Technical Center Pilot Program is established in the State Board of Cosmetology.
(a.1) A CTE cosmetology student may earn up to three hundred fifty hours of education through participation in out-of-school programs, subject to the following:
(1) The CTE cosmetology student must be supervised by a licensed cosmetologist or cosmetology teacher who has at least five years of experience.
(2) The program educator may use information obtained from the out-of-school program in gauging and grading the CTE cosmetology student's skill level.
(3) The out-of-school program shall notify each client upon whom the CTE cosmetology student performs a service that the service is being performed by a CTE cosmetology student.
(4) A CTE cosmetology student may receive compensation for services rendered in the out-of-school program.
(b) A CTE cosmetology student may not earn less than two hundred fifty hours through in-person instruction at the CTC or secondary school.
(c) This section shall apply only to a CTE cosmetology student and shall not apply to a postsecondary student enrolled and participating in an adult and continuing education program offered by a CTC or secondary school.
(d) No later than June 30, 2023, and each year thereafter through June 30, 2025, each CTC and secondary school participating in the pilot program shall report the following information to the State Board of Cosmetology on a form prescribed by the board:
(1) The number of CTE cosmetology students participating in an out-of-school program.
(2) The number of salons and supervising licensed cosmetologists participating in an out-of-school program.
(3) The average number of hours CTE cosmetology students participated in an out-of-school program.
(4) The average number of hours CTE cosmetology students participated in online distance education hours.
(5) The number of CTE cosmetology students participating in an out-of-school program that received employment as a result of an out-of-school program.
(6) Other information as requested by the State Board of Cosmetology.
(e) The pilot program under this section shall expire three years from the effective date of this section.
(f) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:
“CTC” means a Department of Education area career and technical school as defined in section 1841.1
“CTE cosmetology student” means a career and technical education student receiving a secondary education from a CTC or secondary school in a cosmetology program of study under the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L. 242, No. 86),2 referred to as the Cosmetology Law.
“Out-of-school program” means a program conducted off CTC or secondary school grounds, including cooperative education, job shadowing, internships, community exploration, registered apprenticeships and community service learning designed to provide students with real world experiences under the general supervision of a program educator.
“Program educator” means an educator holding a career and technical certification issued by the Department of Education and a cosmetology teacher licensed under the Cosmetology Law.

Credits

1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XVIII, § 1857, added 2022, July 8, P.L. 620, No. 55, § 30, imd. effective.

Footnotes

1
24 P.S. § 18-1841.
2
63 P.S. § 507 et seq.
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Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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