Program Development

An educational program is defined in Title 5, section 55000(g), as “an organized sequence of courses leading to a defined objective, a degree, a certificate, a diploma, a license, or transfer to another institution of higher education.”

If it is in a CTE program area AND..

• The number of semester units a student must complete to receive a program certificate or degree is 16 units or more (or 24 quarter units), OR
• The certificate is from 8 to 15.5 semester units AND it will appear on a student’s transcript*

*Chancellor’s Office approved Certificates of Achievement are the only credit certificates that may appear by name on a student transcript, diploma, or completion award.

Modifications do not require regional recommendation. Refer to this link or the PCAH for Chancellor’s Office requirements.

View the process for requesting verification of recommendation here.

Go to https://www.regionalcte.org/about to view a program submission template with required fields.

Go to regionalcte.org

1. Login to your account (or create one if you haven’t already)
2. Go to your Dashboard
3. Click the “New Submission” button
4. Fill out the form and click ‘Continue’ or Save it to complete it at a later time*
5. Once your program is ready to be reviewed**, click ‘Submit’
6. You will receive an email with a link to your program submission.

*Attached files will not be saved if you choose to save your submission as a draft.

**Please be sure to only submit a program when it is ready for review, this includes having the correct attachments.

You’ll be asked to provide:

• Occupational title(s) students completing this program would be qualified to perform
• TOP code and program title 
• Visit https://www.onetonline.org to access SOC codes 

For more LMI information or resources visit the Centers of Excellence page.

For programs receiving regional recommendation: 

• after Sept. 2017 visit this link
• before Oct 2017 visit this link