Georgia’s College and 2017-2018 and Career 2018-2019 Academies The Georgia Department of Education’s District Flexibility and Charter Schools Division 2018 Annual Report submitted on behalf of the State Board of Education Georgia General Assembly State Capitol Building Atlanta, GA 30334 December 29, 2018 Dear Members of the Georgia General Assembly, Georgia law established a College and Career Academy certification process by the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) in partnership with the State Board of Education [see O.C.G.A. § 20-4-37]. Certification requirements include submission of annual report information to TCSG through the Department of Education. While the State Board of Education is required to report to the General Assembly each year on the status of the college and career academies created through charter school contracts [see O.C.G.A. § 20- 2-2067.1(c) and § 20-2- 2070], college and career academies can now be incorporated into Charter System contracts and Strategic Waivers School System contracts [see O.C.G.A. § 20-2-326]. We therefore provide you with a separate report combining information on all College and Careers Academies, including those with their own three-party charter school contract, as well as those included within an SWSS or Charter System contract. On behalf of the State Board of Education, the Department has compiled the most recent college and career academy data available into the 2018 College and Career Academy Annual Report that is before you now. Thank you for your ongoing dedication and hard work in helping to strengthen Georgia’s public education system. Sincerely, Kevin Boyd, Chair District Flexibility and Charter Schools Committee State Board of Education Georgia Department of Education January 8, 2019● Page 2 of 57 Table of Contents Introduction of Georgia College and Career Academies 4 List of Operating and Proposed Georgia College and Career Academies 5 Georgia College and Career Academies Career Pathways 8 Georgia College and Career Academies Overview 9 Acknowledgments 57 Georgia Department of Education January 8, 2019● Page 3 of 57 Georgia College and Career Academies In 2007, newly-elected Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle established Georgia’s College and Career Academy Network to offer high school students access to accredited college-level courses and technical certification programs. College and Career Academies represent a community partnership between a local school system, a technical college or post-secondary institution, and business leaders represented on the academy’s governing board, to ensure the fulfillment of its workforce development mission specific to each community. This was based on the Central Education Center model created in 2000 in Coweta County. Each year, the General Assembly appropriates funds in the state budget to facilitate a competitive grant process that helps school systems build College and Career Academies. In 2007, five systems started construction on the first Georgia College and Career Academy Project-funded academies. The number of College and Career Academies in the state continues to grow. Currently there are 48 operating or proposed College and Career Academies. Thirty-nine (39) are operating and 9 are pending, including four announced in December 2018 opening in Ben Hill County, Jackson County, Jones County and Sumter County. Of the 39 operating College and Career Academies, 23 were created by a locally- approved three-party charter school contract, 14 are incorporated Charter System contracts, and 2 are incorporated into Strategic Waivers School System contracts. Today, more than 30,000 students are enrolled in Georgia’s 39 operating College and Career Academies. Plans are in place for more school systems to receive grants each year, making it possible for Georgia to achieve the goal set by Lieutenant Governor Cagle so that by the year 2020 every single student in Georgia will have access to a College and Career Academy. Below is a list of the 48 operating or proposed College and Career Academies, with the district(s) served, post-secondary partner and type of contract to create a College and Career Academy. Georgia Department of Education January 8, 2019● Page 4 of 57 Georgia College and Career Academies Operating, 2018-19 Key: C=Conversion, S=Start-up, CSY=Charter System SWSS=Strategic Waiver System TCSG College and Career Post-Secondary CCA # All District Served Cert. Academies Partner Type Status Carroll County College and Pre-Cert 1 Carroll County West Georgia Tech S Career Academy Pending West GA Tech, 2 Central Educational Center Coweta County Bainbridge State, S Certified Thomas Univ. Atlanta Tech, GA Hapeville Charter Career 3 Fulton County Perimeter, GSU, Atlanta S Denied Academy Metro Hart College and Career 4 Hart County Athens Tech CSY Certified Academy Houston County College and 5 Houston County Central GA Tech S Certified Career Academy William S. Hutchings College Central GA Tech, 6 Bibb County C Certified and Career Academy Mercer, Helms College Oconee Fall Line Tech, Heart of Georgia College Dublin City and Laurens 7 Middle Georgia State, S and Career Academy County GA Military College Liberty College and Career 8 Liberty County Savannah Tech CSY Academy Polk County College and GA Northwestern Tech, 9 Polk County S Career Academy GA Highlands Vidalia City, Toombs Southeastern Early College County, Montgomery 10 Oconee Fall Line Tech S and Career Academy County and Treutlen County West Georgia Technical ThINC College and Career 11 Troup County College, LaGrange S Academy College Athens Community and 12 Clarke County Athens Tech, UGA CSY Career Academy Atlanta College and Career 13 Atlanta Public Schools Atlanta Tech CSY Academy Baldwin College and Career 14 Baldwin County Central Georgia Tech CSY Academy Albany Tech, Albany 15 Commodore Conyers CCA Dougherty County S State, Darton State Southern Crescent Griffin Area College and Spalding County, Butts 16 Tech, UGA, Gordon S Career Academy County, and Pike County State Lamar County College and 17 Lamar County Southern Crescent Tech S Certified Career Academy Newton College and Career 18 Newton County GA Piedmont Tech S Academy 19 Rockdale Career Academy Rockdale County GA Piedmont Tech S Certified Georgia Department of Education January 8, 2019● Page 5 of 57 Georgia College and Career Academies Operating, 2018-19 Key: C=Conversion, S=Start-up, CSY=Charter System SWSS=Strategic Waiver System TCSG College and Career Post-Secondary CCA # All District Served Cert. Academies Partner Type Status 20 Tift County CCA Tift County Southern Regional Tech CSY 21 Worth County CCA Worth County Albany Tech SWSS Broad River College and 22 Madison County Athens Tech CSY Certified Career Academy Chattahoochee Valley Columbus Tech, 23 Chattahoochee County S Academy Columbus State Lanier Charter Career 24 Hall County Lanier Tech SWSS Pre-Cert Academy Northwest Georgia College Whitfield County and GA Northwestern Tech, 25 S Certified and Career Academy Murray County Dalton State Warren County Career 26 Warren County Oconee Fall Line Tech CSY Academy Clayton State, Gordon Academy for Advanced 27 Henry County State and Southern S Certified Studies Crescent Tech Bartow College and Career GA Highlands, 28 Bartow County S Certified Academy Chattahoochee Tech Cairo High School and 29 Grady County Southern Regional Tech C Certified College and Career Academy Devry, GA Piedmont 30 Decatur Career Academy Decatur City CSY Tech Effingham College and 31 Effingham County Savannah Tech S Certified Career Academy Georgia Highlands, GA Floyd County College and 32 Floyd County Northwest Tech, Berry S Certified Career Academy College Golden Isles Career Coastal Pines Tech, 33 Glynn County S Certified Academy College of Coastal GA Wiregrass Regional College 34 Coffee County Wiregrass GA Tech CSY Certified and Career Academy Central GA tech, Putnam County College and 35 Putnam County Georgia College, GA CSY Career Academy Military College Calhoun City College and 36 Calhoun City GA Northwestern Tech CSY Career Academy Douglas County College and 37 Douglas County West Georgia Tech S Career Institute GA Northwestern Tech, Gordon College and Career 38 Gordon County Dalton State, Georgia CSY Academy Highlands Sims Academy of Innovation 39 Barrow County Lanier Tech CSY and Technology Georgia Department of Education January 8, 2019● Page 6 of 57 Georgia College and Career Academies Planned Key: C=Conversion, S=Start-up, CSY=Charter System SWSS=Strategic Waiver System College and Career District Post-Secondary CCA TCSG Cert. # All Academies Served Partner Type Status Ben Hill 40 Ben Hill County CCA CSY County Catoosa 41 From HERE to Career Northwest Tech CSY County Greene 42 Greene County CCA Athens Tech SWSS County Jackson 43 Jackson County CCA SWSS County 44 Jones County CCA Jones County SWSS Paulding County CCA (Est. Fall Paulding 45 Chattahochee Tech SWSS 2019) County Marietta City CCA (Est. Fall 46 Marietta City Chattahochee Tech CSY 2020) Morgan County CCA (Est. Morgan 47 GA Piedmont Tech CSY Spring 19) County Sumter 48 Sumter County CCA SWSS County Georgia Department of Education January 8, 2019● Page 7 of 57 Career Pathways: The following is a list of the various Career Pathways offered at Georgia College and Career Academies. 2018-19 Career Pathways Agriculture Electronics Industrial Mechanic German Apprenticeship Algebra EMT Interior Design Energy & Power: Generation, Architectural Drawing & Design Transmission, and JROTC Distribution Engineering, Drafting and Automotive Services and Repair Design