The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Adult--
(A) a person who has completed the person's sophomore
year of high school, or
(B) is 17 years of age and has been awarded a high
school diploma or its equivalent, or
(C) is 18 years of age or older, regardless of the
person's previous educational experience.
(2) Avocational course--a course of study in a subject
or activity that is usually engaged in by a person in addition to
the person's regular work or profession for recreation or in relation
to a hobby. The term includes a community interest course.
(3) Basic employability course--a course that covers
topics such as conducting a job search, developing a resume, completing
an application for employment, and interviewing skills.
(4) Basic learning skills course--a non-college-level
course that covers learning strategies such as note-taking and test
preparation.
(5) Coordinating board--the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board.
(6) Disabilities of minority--as defined in Texas Family
Code, Chapter 31, Removal of the Disabilities of Minority. Applies
to students over the age of 16 and not over the age of 18.
(7) Learning framework course--a college-level course
that is solely or primarily focused on skill acquisition related to
the learning process and is not a workforce education course.
(8) Workforce continuing education--non-credit instruction
that is designed primarily for adults and is intended, on completion
by a participant, to prepare the participant to qualify to apply for
and accept an employment offer or a job upgrade within a specific
occupational category or to bring the participant's knowledge or skills
up to date on new developments in a particular occupation or profession.
(9) Workforce continuing education course--a course
of non-credit instruction in workforce continuing education that is
approved by the coordinating board. The term does not include an avocational
course.
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