This document, which is designed for individuals developing local career and technology education (CTE) program proposals and/or designing new CTE facilities in Maryland, presents the CTE program specifications that were developed to ensure the quality of CTE programs in public schools in Maryland. The document is divided into four sections. The first section discusses general program specifications pertaining to the following aspects of CTE: advisory councils and program committees; administration; staff; facilities and equipment; student recruitment and enrollment; career development systems; and instruction (program offerings, competency/performance-based instruction, program completion, community resources, safety, leadership development and student organizations, work-based learning, provision of experience in all aspects of the industry, tech prep, blended instruction/integrated instruction, and evaluation). The second section explains each of the following elements of specific program specifications: program title, program Classification of Instructional Programs code, program description, learner outcomes/competencies, facilities, job titles addressed by the program, labor market demand, sequences of courses matrix, and instructional program data sheet. Section 3 presents directions for completing program proposal packets, and section 4 contains a sample program proposal. Appended are instructions for using the Maryland State Department of Education report template for WordPerfect for Windows, version 6.0/6.0a only. (MN)