Many local school boards have approved an endorsement to the special education diploma.
These include vocational endorsements, occupational endorsements, or transition endorsements.
Local school systems have communicated with businesses and technical colleges in their
communities to establish an awareness of the integrity and requirements of these endorsements.
Students with disabilities enrolled in these local programs are receiving instruction in the skills
they need to seek competitive paid employment while still completing their diploma
requirements. Local school systems who seek to develop an endorsement option should obtain
local board approval.