Career and Technical Education occupational programs include Agriscience and Natural Resources, Allied Health Technologies, Business Services & Technology, Child & Adult Care Services, Cosmetology, Hospitality & Food Services, Life Management Education/Family & Consumer Sciences, Marketing Education, and Trade & Industry.

To be approved and eligible for funding by the State of Michigan, a career and technical education program must be a wage-earning occupational preparation program identified by a CIP code number and descriptor.  Career and technical education programs should include laboratory simulations and work-based instruction.  Instruction is competency-based with either state or national curriculum or, when it does not exist, locally developed curriculum.  Learning should be designed based on the students' Educational Development Plan.