| (a) Texas Occupations Code Section §1305.157 provides
a pathway to the residential wireman license for persons who complete
a career and technology education program. Pursuant to §1305.1575,
the department is required to:
(1) establish standards for the essential knowledge
and skills of career and technology education programs offered in
Texas public high schools; and
(2) determine on a case-by-case basis whether educational
programs offered by private high schools and institutions of higher
education are similar to career and technology education programs
offered in Texas public high schools.
(b) A career and technology education program must
be designed to ensure that students obtain the essential knowledge
and skills set out in the following cross-referenced rules of the
Texas Education Agency. The minimum number of academic semesters required
for each course is also noted. Students enrolled in courses identified
in paragraphs (2) and (3) below must be provided hands-on practical
instruction, including interactive lab work, for at least 80 percent
of total classroom time. A career and technology education program
may not allow students to obtain credit by examination.
(1) Principles of Construction; Texas Administrative
Code Title 19, Part 2, Chapter 130, Subchapter B, §130.43; one
credit.
(2) Electrical Technology I; Texas Administrative Code
Title 19, Part 2, Chapter 130, Subchapter B, §130.57; one credit.
(3) Electrical Technology II; Texas Administrative
Code Title 19, Part 2, Chapter 130, Subchapter B, §130.58; two
credits.
(4) Practicum in Construction Technology and Extended
Practicum in Construction Technology; Texas Administrative Code Title
19, Part 2, Chapter 130, Subchapter B, §§130.64 and 130.69;
four total credits.
(A) At least 80 percent of a student's time in a practicum
must be spent outside of the classroom and working under the supervision
of a department-licensed master electrician, on behalf of a department-licensed
electrical contractor.
(B) A high school or institution of higher education
offering a career and technology education program under this section
must implement procedures allowing a student to earn course credit
for work performed outside of the classroom under the supervision
of a department-licensed master electrician and on behalf of a department-licensed
electrical contractor.
(c) A career and technology education program will
not be recognized by the department unless it is instructed by a department-licensed
master electrician, journeyman electrician, or residential wireman.
(d) A career and technology education program offered
by an institution of higher education may not be more stringent than
a program offered by a public high school.
(e) The department will recognize an educational program
offered by a private high school or institution of higher education
as a "career and technology education program" if the department determines
that the educational program substantially complies with the requirements
of this section.
(f) Hours spent completing a program described by this
section may not be credited toward any on-the-job training required
to apply for another type of license under this chapter.
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