19 Tex. Admin. Code § 2.293 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The definitions in § 2.2 of this chapter (relating to Definitions), apply for this subchapter unless a more specific definition for the same term is indicated in this rule.
(1) Assistant Commissioner--In this
subchapter means the Assistant, Associate, or Deputy Commissioner designated by
the Commissioner.
(2) Career and
Technical Education Course--A college-level workforce or continuing education
course offered by an institution of higher education which earns either
semester credit hours or continuing education units toward satisfaction of a
requirement necessary to obtain an industry-recognized credential, certificate,
or applied associate degree. Career and technical education courses are listed
in the Workforce Education Course Manual.
(3) Institution--A public two-year
institution of higher education, including a public junior, technical, or state
college.
(4) Local Need Course--A
course that is not contained in the Workforce Education Course Manual database
and for which approval is requested by a specific institution. A Local Need
Course, upon approval, is added to the institution's course inventory in the
Workforce Education Course Manual database for use in a career and technical
education program. A Special Topics Course is excluded from this
definition.
(5) Special Topics
Course--A course that is for temporary use or transitional content. A Special
Topics Course should be used only when course content and end of course
outcomes do not exist in a career and technical education course contained in
the Workforce Education Course Manual database. A Special Topics Course may
address recently identified current events, knowledge, and skills pertinent to
the technical area and relevant to the occupational development of the
student.
(6) Workforce Education
Course Manual (WECM)--An online database composed of the Board's statewide
inventory of approved career and technical education courses and local need
courses available for institutions to use in industry-recognized credentials,
certificates, and applied associate degree programs.
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