What should schools do if student applications to an Innovation Career Pathway exceeds the number of seats available?

Should student applications exceed program capacity, participation in an Innovation Career Pathway should be determined by a lottery. DESE recommends holding a single lottery for each grade for which applications were accepted. Seats can be either manually drawn or electronically determined. Drawing by numbers which have been assigned to each application, rather than drawing by individual student names, is recommended to ensure the privacy of student information.