**IHAI - CAREER EDUCATION** **Last Updated Date:** 04/29/2014 **Adoption Date:** 01/10/2006 The School Committee recognizes that students in kindergarten through grade 12 should: 1. Be afforded the opportunity to be informed about career opportunities. 2. Be aware of the many vocations available to them. 3.   Develop a respect for the dignity of work. 4.   Be allowed the opportunity to develop an understanding regarding the technical, consumer, occupational, recreational, cultural aspects of industry and technology; they should also be afforded the opportunity to develop skills related to such aspects through creative problem solving experiences. **Policy References:** LEGAL REFS.: M.G.L. 71:37K; 71:38A through 71:38F; 74:1 et seq. Board of Education Chapter 71 regulations, adopted 6/28/77, effective 9/1/77