| (a) Any workforce continuing education program meeting
or exceeding 360 contact hours shall be subject to all of the requirements
for workforce education programs for state appropriations as outlined
in Chapter 9, Subchapter E of this title (relating to Certificate
and Associate Degree Programs).
(b) Any workforce continuing education program meeting
or exceeding 780 contact hours in length must result in the award
of semester or quarter credit hours and be applicable to a certificate
and an applied associate degree program. An exception shall be made
for Emergency Medical/Paramedic continuing education programs, which
may reach 800 contact hours.
(c) A public junior college may offer, or may enter
into an agreement with a school district, organization, or other person
that operates a high school to offer, workforce continuing education
courses other than learning framework courses, basic employability
courses, and basic learning skills courses to a person who is:
(1) enrolled in high school after the completion of
the person's sophomore year; or
(2) is enrolled in a school that is not formally organized
as a high school and is at least 16 years of age; or
(3) is attending high school while incarcerated, is
at least 16 years of age, and is not eligible for release from incarceration
before the person's 18th birthday.
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