D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 5, r. 5-A7099
"Budget" means the financial plan for the project or program approved by OSSE during the award period. The budget may include funding for the project or program other than funds awarded from the CTE Grant Program Fund, as determined by OSSE.
"Career and Technical Education (CTE)" means education that prepares students for a wide range of careers and further educational opportunities. These careers may require varying levels of education-including industry-recognized credentials, postsecondary certificates, and two- and four-year degrees. CTE equips students with core academic skills, employability skills, and job-specific, technical skills related to a specific career pathway.
"Completion rate" means the percentage of CTE Concentrators who, within four (4) years, have completed a three (3) or four (4) course sequence program of study. A CTE Concentrator is a student who has completed two (2) courses of a three-sequence program of study, or three (3) courses of a four-sequence program of study.
"Concentration rate" means the percentage of CTE Participants who have completed two courses (2) of a three-sequence program of study, or three (3) courses of a four-sequence program of study. A CTE Participant is a student who has completed the first (1st) course, and enrolled in the second (2nd) course of a three or four-sequence program of study.
"CTE transfer program" means a program or partnership across LEAs and/or within multi-campus LEAs that enables students to complete CTE coursework on school campuses other than their own without requiring a change in their full-time enrollment.
"Disconnected youth" means DC residents aged sixteen to twenty-four (16-24) years who are living below two hundred (200%) percent of the federal poverty threshold and who are not in school and not working.
"Educationally disengaged youth" means DC residents aged sixteen to twenty-four (16-24) years who are not enrolled in an educational program and who do not have a high school diploma or its equivalent.
"High-demand occupations" means occupations with a projected ten-year (10) growth rate above that of all occupations AND having at least fifty (50) or more total annual openings (growth and replacement) in the District of Columbia.
"High-skill occupations" means occupations with education or training requirements of: long-term on-the-job training lasting one (1) or more years; work experience in a related occupation; industry recognized certification or credential; postsecondary career and technical training; associate's degree; bachelor's degree; master's degree; doctoral degree; or first professional degree.
"High-wage occupations" means occupations that pay or lead to positions paying at least the median hourly wage or the median annual wage for all occupations in the District of Columbia.
"OSSE" means the Office of the State Superintendent of Education for the District of Columbia.
"Local Educational Agency" or "LEA" means a public agency having administrative control and direction of a public elementary or secondary school in the District of Columbia. The terms include the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and District of Columbia public charter schools.
"Program of study" means a sequence of instruction (based on recommended standards and knowledge and skills) consisting of coursework, co-curricular activities, work-site learning, service learning and other learning experiences. This sequence of instruction provides preparation for a career.
"Subsidy" means monetary resources designated to supplement a project or program or to effect a reduction in the regular cost of goods or services for a project or program.
"Termination" means the end of the award, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the planned end of the period of the award.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 5, r. 5-A7099