The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall
have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Act--Texas Education Code, Chapter 134, Jobs and
Education for Texans Grant Program.
(2) Advisory board--The advisory board of education
and workforce stakeholders created pursuant to the Act.
(3) Career and technical education--Organized educational
activities that offer a sequence of courses that:
(A) provides individuals with coherent and rigorous
content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical
knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers
in high-demand occupations or emerging industries;
(B) includes competency-based applied learning that
contributes to the academic knowledge, problem-solving skills, work
attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific
skills, and knowledge of all aspects of an industry, including entrepreneurship,
of an individual; or
(C) provides a license, a certificate, or a postsecondary
degree.
(4) Certificate or degree completion--Any grouping
of workforce or technical courses in sequential order that, when satisfactorily
completed by a student, will entitle the student to a Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board--approved certificate or associate degree
from a public technical institute, public junior college, or public
state college.
(5) Charter school--A Texas public school operated
by a charter holder under an open-enrollment charter granted pursuant
to Texas Education Code, §12.101.
(6) Developmental education--Structured courses, tutorials,
laboratories, or other proven instructional efforts that successfully
prepare students for college level (and therefore work-ready) courses
as measured by passing the state-required college entrance exam (or
meeting the Texas Success Initiative requirements).
(7) Emerging industry--A growing, evolving, or developing
industry based on new technological products or concepts.
(8) High-demand occupation--A job, profession, skill,
or trade for which employers within the state of Texas generally,
or within particular regions or cities of the state, have or will
have a substantial need. In determining whether there is or will be
a substantial need for a particular job, profession, trade, or skill,
the Agency may consider occupations identified by the 28 Local Workforce
Development Boards (Board-Area Target Occupations Lists) and/or the
Agency's labor market projections.
(9) JET--The Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program.
(10) Notice of Availability or NOA--The notice of availability
that is published by the Agency pursuant to §804.22 of this title
(relating to Notice of Grant Availability and Application).
(11) Public junior college--Any junior college certified
by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in accordance with
Texas Education Code, §61.003.
(12) Public state college--Lamar State College--Orange,
Lamar State College--Port Arthur, or Lamar Institute of Technology,
in accordance with Texas Education Code, §61.003.
(13) Public technical institute--The Lamar Institute
of Technology or the Texas State Technical College System, in accordance
with Texas Education Code, §61.003.
(14) School district--An independent school district
or the Windham School District.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §804.1 adopted to be effective September 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 5959; amended to be effective July 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 4964; transferred effective June 16, 2015, as published in the Texas Register August 7, 2015, 40 TexReg 5066; amended to be effective December 12, 2016, 41 TexReg 9741; amended to be effective May 2, 2022, 47 TexReg 2566 |
