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TITLE 19EDUCATION
PART 9TEXAS INNOVATIVE ADULT CAREER EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 400GRANT ADMINISTRATION
RULE §400.4Eligibility

To be eligible to receive funding under the Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant Program an organization must:

  (1) be a Nonprofit Organization;

  (2) be a Nonprofit Workforce Intermediary and Job Training Organization;

  (3) provide eligible low-income students, in partnership with Public Junior Colleges, Public State Colleges, or Public Technical Institutes:

    (A) job training; and

    (B) a continuum of services designed to move a program participant from application to employment, and to include: outreach, assessment, case management, support services, and career placement;

  (4) be governed by a board or other governing structure that includes recognized leaders of broad-based community organizations and executive-level or managerial-level members of the local business community;

  (5) demonstrate that the organization's program has achieved or will achieve the following measures of success among program participants:

    (A) above average completion of developmental education among participating public junior college, public state college, or public technical institute students;

    (B) above average persistence rates among participating public junior college, public state colleges, or public technical institute students;

    (C) above average certificate or degree completion rates by participating students within a three-year period compared to demographically comparable public junior college, public state college, and public technical institute students;

    (D) entry into careers with significantly higher earnings for program participants than previously achieved; and

  (6) provide matching funds in accordance with general guidelines.


Source Note: The provisions of this §400.4 adopted to be effective June 4, 2014, 39 TexReg 4250

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