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Career and Technology Education

Decatur ISD’s Career & Technical Education Program (CTE) serves all students by helping them discover their own unique strengths and interests.

Our mission is to provide students with business/industry experience. Students are exposed to a unique combination of classroom instruction and placements in technical work environments where they can acquire new information, concepts, techniques and procedures related to their specific career interests.

Career and Technical Education (CTE) must prepare all students to continue to learn in institutions of higher learning, and provide quality training and opportunities for entry-level (or above) employment. 

Decatur ISD’s Career and Technical programs are committed to providing rigorous instruction that integrates academics in relevant and innovative ways to keep students interested and excited about their educational goals.

2024-25 Programs of Study Pathway Guide - Career & Technical Education Brochure

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Continuous Notification of Nondiscrimination

As a subrecipient of funds local education agencies Decatur ISD must take continuous steps to notify participants, beneficiaries, applicants, parents, employees (including persons with visual or auditory impairments), other interested parties, and unions or professional organizations holding collective bargaining or professional agreements with the Decatur ISD or campus that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability. A statement of nondiscrimination shall be included on publications and other materials that are distributed to or accessible by students, parents, applicants, beneficiaries, employees, unions, or professional organizations holding collective bargaining or professional agreements with the district and other interested parties.

Decatur ISD does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability in its programs or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies: title, address, telephone number, email.

Career and Technical Education Annual 
Public Notification of Nondiscrimination

 Decatur ISD offers career and technical education programs in:

  • Agriculture Food and Natural Resources

  • Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications,

  • Business

  • Education and Training

  • Health Science

  • Hospitality

  • Technology

  • Law Enforcement

  • STEM

  • Transportation

Admission to these programs is based on (admission standards).

It is the policy of Decatur ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in its vocational programs, services or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

It is the policy of Decatur ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age in its employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.

Decatur ISD will take steps to assure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.

For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator Meradith Culpepper at meredith.culpepper@decaturisd.us, 940-393-7100, and/or the Section 504 Coordinator Jennifer Terrell at jennifer.terrell@decaturisd.us, 940-393-710.

Como subreceptor de fondos, las agencias de educación locales Decatur ISD deben tomar medidas continuas para notificar a los participantes, beneficiarios, solicitantes, padres, empleados (incluidas las personas con impedimentos visuales o auditivos), otras partes interesadas y sindicatos u organizaciones profesionales que celebren negociaciones colectivas o acuerdos profesionales. con el Decatur ISD o el campus que no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo o discapacidad. Se incluirá una declaración de no discriminación en las publicaciones y otros materiales que se distribuyan o estén accesibles a los estudiantes, padres, solicitantes, beneficiarios, empleados, sindicatos u organizaciones profesionales que celebren negociaciones colectivas o acuerdos profesionales con el distrito y otras partes interesadas.

Decatur ISD no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, o discapacidad en sus programas o actividades y brinda igualdad de acceso a los Boy Scouts y otros grupos juveniles designados. La siguiente persona ha sido designada para manejar consultas sobre las políticas de no discriminación: título, dirección, número de teléfono, correo electrónico.

Annual Public Notification of Nondiscrimination
Notificación Publica de No Discriminación en Programas de Educación Técnica y Vocacional

Decatur ISD ofrece programas de educación técnica y vocacional en:

  • Agriculture Food and Natural Resources

  • Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications,

  • Business

  • Education and Training

  • Health Science

  • Hospitality

  • Technology

  • Law Enforcement

  • STEM

  • Transportation

La admisión a estos programas se basa en (criterio para admisión).

Es norma de DEcatur ISD no discriminar en sus programas, servicios o actividades vocacionales y brinda igualdad de acceso a los Boy Scouts y otros grupos juveniles designados por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo o impedimento, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación de 1972, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.

Es norma de Decatur ISD no discriminar en sus procedimientos de empleo por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, impedimento o edad, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, la ley de Discriminación por Edad, de 1975, según enmienda; y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.

Decatur ISD tomará las medidas necesarias para asegurar que la falta de habilidad en el uso del inglés no sea un obstáculo para la admisión y participación en todos los programas educativos y vocacionales.
Para información sobre sus derechos o procedimientos de quejas, comuníquese con el Coordinador del Título IX  Meradith Culpepper en meredith.culpepper@decaturisd.us, 940-393-7100, y/o el Coordinador de la Sección 504 Jennifer Terrell en jennifer.terrell@decaturisd.us 940-393-7100.