Texas Labor Code - Section 311.001. Definitions
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§ 311.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency.
(2) "Certified program" means a career and technology
secondary and postsecondary education program conducted under an
agreement as described by Section 311.003 or a voluntary program
certified by the agency in conjunction with the commission as
meeting the standards prescribed by Section 311.002, and that:
(A) integrates a secondary school academic
curriculum with private sector workplace training and a
postsecondary curriculum;
(B) places students in job internships;
(C) is designed to continue into postsecondary
education and lead to the participant earning an associate's degree
or a bachelor's degree;
(D) will result in teaching new skills and adding
value to the wage-earning potential of participants and increasing
a participant's long-term employability in this state; and
(E) meets recognized or accepted industry
standards.
(3) "Participant" means a person at least 16 years of
age who is enrolled in a public or private secondary or
postsecondary school, or an equivalent program, and who began to
voluntarily participate in a certified voluntary workforce
training program as part of secondary school education.
(4) "Sponsor" means any person operating a certified
program and in whose name the program is registered.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1422, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 310.002 310.003 310.004 310.005 310.006 310.007 310.008 311.001 311.002 311.003 311.004 311.005 401.001 401.003 401.011
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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