Section 6-11-208 - Regional Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth - Multiagency task force - Formation(a)(1) A multiagency task force, staffed and supported by the Division of Career and Technical Education, is established and shall consist of five (5) members, including: (A) The Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education or his or her designee;(B) The Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education or his or her designee;(C) The Commissioner of the Division of Higher Education or his or her designee;(D) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or his or her designee; and(E) The Director of the Division of Workforce Services or his or her designee.(2) Funding for the multiagency task force shall be provided by:(A) The Division of Career and Technical Education; or(B) Each agency that serves on the multiagency task force, in an equal amount from available, eligible funding.(3) The multiagency task force shall:(A) Establish criteria and standards for a career-based curriculum to be offered in the Regional Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth;(B) Formulate and recommend how to operate a Regional Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth; and(C) Strive to open at least one (1) Regional Educational Career Alternative School for Adjudicated Youth in the 2013-2014 school year, upon the availability of funding.(4) Beginning on October 1, 2011, the multiagency task force shall provide status reports to the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth one (1) time each quarter.(b) The Regional Educational Career Alternative School System for Adjudicated Youth may consist of at least one (1) but not more than five (5) Regional Educational Career Alternative Schools for Adjudicated Youth.(c) A Regional Educational Career Alternative School for Adjudicated Youth shall offer without limitation: (1) At least the minimum twenty-two-credit curriculum required to obtain a diploma;(2) Vocational education and certificates;(3) Career education services, including a high school equivalency test;(4) Special education services; andAmended by Act 2023, No. 786,§ 4, eff. 4/12/2023.Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1114, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by Act 2015, No. 1115,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 2011, No. 1202, § 1.