The bill provides that a career academy is required to include a minimum of two units of secondary education, of which at least one unit must be from a course that meets the requirements of Code section 261E.8 (district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program). The bill provides that the collective statewide articulation agreement must provide for the seamless transfer of academic credits earned through various completed programs, as well as requiring the inclusion of program-specific arrangements that favor the transfer of career and technical education credits unless extenuating circumstances prevent such transfer and is prohibited from including a uniform restriction related to the number of career and technical education credits that may be transferred. The bill modifies current code to require the department of education to establish a program to provide additional funds for resident high school pupils enrolled in grades 9 through 12 taking college level courses by various means, regardless of whether the general assembly appropriates money. Lastly, the bill provides provides that individualized career and academic plans developed by schools in cooperation with students enrolled in eighth grade must, among current requirements, now include a discussion with the student related to opportunities that are available to the student through the school district to earn college credit and industry-recognized credentials that are aligned to the student’s postsecondary and career interests.