Section 804.1 - DefinitionsThe 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) 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).(6) Emerging industry--A growing, evolving, or developing industry based on new technological products or concepts.(7) 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.(8) JET--The Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program.(9) Open-enrollment charter school--A Texas public school operated by a charter holder under an open-enrollment charter granted pursuant to Texas Education Code § 12.101.(10) Public junior college--Any junior college certified by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in accordance with Texas Education Code § 61.003.(11) 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.(12) Public technical institute--The Lamar Institute of Technology or the Texas State Technical College System, in accordance with Texas Education Code § 61.003.(13) School district--An independent school district or the Windham School District.40 Tex. Admin. Code § 804.1
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 by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 50, December 9, 2016, TexReg 9743, eff. 12/12/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 17, April 29, 2022, TexReg 2567, eff. 5/2/2022; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 38, September 20, 2024, TexReg 7637, eff. 9/23/2024