N.M. Admin. Code § 8.102.461.19 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CORE ACTIVITY)
A. Organized career and technical educational
programs that are directly related to the preparation of a participant for
employment in current or emerging occupations requiring training, to include a
baccalaureate or advanced degree are considered to be vocational education and
training. Engagement shall be reported as core participation for not more than
12 months in a lifetime.
(1) A course of
vocational education or training is one whose purpose is to provide the
specific knowledge and skills needed by a participant to carry out the
functions and activities of an occupation or class of occupations listed in the
DOT (dictionary of occupational titles). A participant will be granted a degree
or certificate at the end of the program which names the occupation.
(2) Vocational educational training must be
provided by education or training organizations, which may include, but are not
limited to, vocational-technical schools, community colleges, postsecondary
institutions, proprietary schools, non-profit organizations, and secondary
schools that offer vocational education and are certified to provide the
participant a certificate of completion by an accredited agency.
B.
Approval of vocational
education training:
(1) A fixed number
of vocational education training education slots shall be authorized by the
department and shall not exceed 30 percent of the total number of persons
subject to work program participation. For a participant in a slot, all
approved hours of participation in vocational education activities shall count
in meeting the participant's core work participation requirement.
(2) No more than 12 months in a lifetime of
such activity are countable in meeting the standard work participation
requirement hours.
(3) Enrollment
in an agreed-upon vocational training program is the responsibility of the
participant.
(4)
Level of
effort: Participation requirement hours shall be considered based on:
(a) actual supervised class time
hours;
(b) labs and similar
activities are considered class time;
(c) actual hours of completed supervised
study-time;
(d) one hour of
unsupervised study time per hour of class not to exceed the educational program
requirements; and
(e) holiday time
and excused absences.
C.
Component activities:
Vocational educational training programs should be limited to component
activities that give participants the knowledge and skills to perform a
specific occupation. The following shall be considered as qualified
participation hours for vocational education and training.
(1)
Vocational associate degree
programs: Programs consisting of both academic and vocational for credit
course work that requires 60 credits for completion. Completion of these
programs can provide an associate of arts, associates of science or associates
of applied science degree in fields defined as vocational as per Subsection A
of this section.
(2)
Instructional certificate programs: Programs designed to upgrade job
related skills which generally require up to a year to complete and involve
less academic work than associate degrees.
(3)
Industry skills
certifications: Industry developed certificates for students who
demonstrate specific skills often thru testing. Preparation for tests include
both self-study and courses offered at post secondary institutions or other
training providers.
(4)
Non-credit course work: Curriculum designed to accommodate those who
want specific job related skills at an accredited institution.
(5)
English as a second language (ESL)
and basic education: these courses of study can count as part of the
vocational training component only if they are included in the embedded
activities in the curriculum. In order to count as a work activity, basic
remedial education or ESL must be required subjects by counseling or evaluative
services provided by the educational facility.
(6)
Distance education and online
certificate programs: Distance education and online certificate programs
in the associate degree and certificate programs listed above must be taken
through an institution accredited by an accrediting agency and recognized by
the council for higher education accreditation or by the U.S. department of
education in order to qualify as a work activity and approved on a case-by-case
basis by the NMW service provider.
(7) Class and homework hours must be reported
on timesheets and verified as supervised by the attended institution's
instructor or aide.
D.
Supervision and documentation:
(1) Verification of level of effort shall be
required to determine that a participant has satisfactorily completed the hours
by one or several of the component criteria.
(2) Participation requirement hours shall be
considered based on actual supervised and unsupervised hours documented on a
monthly timesheet.
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