| (i) Extracting the top 25 occupations for each higher
education region as ranked by their ten-year projected number of new
openings, after having excluded those with an average wage less than
the statewide median wage and those with a typical entry credential
other than "Some college, no degree", "Postsecondary non-degree award",
and "Associate degree", from the texaslmi.com website maintained by
the Texas Workforce Commission;
(ii) Placing occupations appearing on at least seven
of the ten resulting regional lists on a statewide list;
(iii) Adding to the statewide list any occupations
appearing among the top five of one or more regional list but not
yet on the statewide list; and
(iv) Generating a list of CIP codes populated by each
four-digit CIP code associated with an occupation on the statewide
list per the crosswalk promulgated by the National Center for Education
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education, which as of the effective
date of this rule is available at the following address: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/post3.aspx?y=56.
(18) Institutional Credentials Leading to Licensure
or Certification (ICLC)--A credential awarded by an institution upon
a student's completion of a course or series of courses that represent
the achievement of identifiable skill proficiency and leading to licensure
or certification. This definition includes a credential that meets
the definition of an Occupational Skills Award in all respects except
that the program did not obtain the required Workforce Development
Board approval.
(19) Level 1 Certificate--A certificate designed to
provide the necessary academic skills and the workforce skills, knowledge,
and abilities necessary to attain entry-level employment or progression
toward a Level 2 Certificate or an Applied Associate Degree, with
at least 50% of course credits drawn from a single technical specialty.
A Level 1 Certificate must be designed for a student to complete in
one calendar year or less time and consists of at least 15 semester
credit hours and no more than 42 semester credit hours.
(20) Level 2 Certificate--A certificate consisting
of at least 30 semester credit hours and no more than 51 semester
credit hours. Students enrolled in Level 2 Certificates must demonstrate
meeting college readiness standards set forth in chapter 4, subchapter
C, §4.57 of this title and other eligibility requirements determined
by the institution.
(21) Local Share--The amount determined to be the institution's
contribution of local funds to the Instruction and Operations (I&O)
amount for each public junior college. The amount consists of estimated
ad valorem maintenance and operations tax revenue and tuition and
fees revenue, as determined by the Board.
(22) Non-Formula Support Item--An amount appropriated
by line item in the General Appropriations Act to a single public
junior college or limited group of colleges for a specific, named
purpose.
(23) Occupational Skills Award--A sequence of courses
that meet the minimum standard for program length specified by the
Texas Workforce Commission for the federal Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) program (9-14 SCH for credit courses or 144-359
contact hours for workforce continuing education courses). An OSA
must possess the following characteristics:
(A) The credential is TSI-waived under chapter 4, subchapter
C, §4.54 of this title;
(B) The content of the credential must be recommended
by an external workforce advisory committee, or the occupation must
appear on the Local Workforce Development Board's Demand Occupations
list;
(C) In most cases, the credential should be composed
of Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) courses only. However,
non-stratified academic courses may be used occasionally if recommended
by the external committee and if appropriate for the content of the
credential;
(D) The credential complies with the Single Course
Delivery guidelines for WECM courses; and
(E) The credential prepares students for employment
in accordance with guidelines established for WIOA.
(24) Structured Co-Enrollment Fundable Outcome--A student
who earns at least 15 semester credit hours at the junior college
district in a Coordinating Board-recognized program structured through
a binding written agreement between a general academic teaching institution
and a community college. Under such a program, students will be admitted
to both institutions and recognized as having matriculated to both
institutions concurrently.
(25) Transfer Fundable Outcome--A student who enrolls
in a general academic teaching institution, as defined in Texas Education
Code, §61.003, after earning at least 15 semester credit hours
from a single public junior college district during the period including
the fiscal year in which they enroll at the general academic teaching
institution and the four fiscal years prior.
(26) Weighted Full-Time Student Equivalent (Weighted
FTSE or WFTSE)--A synthetic measure of enrollment equal to the number
of instructional hours delivered by an institution of higher education
divided by the number of hours associated with full-time enrollment
for the time period in question, where the hours delivered to students
with certain characteristics carry a value other than one.
(27) Weighted Outcomes Completion--A synthetic count
of completions of designated student success outcomes where outcomes
achieved by students with certain characteristics carry a value other
than one. The synthetic count may also represent a calculation, such
as an average or maximizing function, other than a simple sum.
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