Section 22-5-4.8 - Area vocational high schoolsA. A local school board, alone or in cooperation with other local school boards, may develop a plan for the establishment of an area vocational high school. The plan shall be submitted to the department for its approval.B. The department may approve a plan for an area vocational high school if the plan adequately provides for: (1) sufficient financing for the operation of the school, which may include an election for a special levy not to exceed one dollar ($1.00) for each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, and that may be in addition to levies authorized by the College District Tax Act;(2) a broad vocational and technical education program serving a sufficient number of students to achieve economic viability; and(3) compliance with the state plan for vocational education. Laws 1999, ch. 219, § 19.Amended by 2019, c. 59,s. 1, eff. 6/14/2019.