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This bill aims to enhance career readiness for public school students by requiring schools to incorporate more career-focused activities starting in elementary school and continuing through middle and high school. Specifically, it mandates that students in grades six through eight participate in at least six career-related activities per year, with a portion of these directly involving employers, career pathway instruction, or work-based learning experiences, and at least one activity must be documented in each student's Individual Graduation Plan, which is a personalized plan for a student's academic and career goals. Elementary schools (kindergarten through fifth grade) will also be required to provide at least one career awareness experience annually. To guide these efforts, Louisiana Works, a state workforce development agency, will annually provide public school governing authorities with a list of high-demand job sectors, and schools are encouraged to align their career activities with these priorities. The bill also updates requirements for school counselors to ensure they are equipped to support these career development initiatives and clarifies that charter schools, which are publicly funded but independently operated schools, must still comply with these new career-related activity mandates.

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