19 Tex. Admin. Code § 75.1031 - Voluntary Workforce Training Standards and Agreements
(a) A voluntary workforce training program
means a career and technical secondary and postsecondary education program
conducted under an agreement as described in §
75.1033 of this title (relating to
Certified Program Agreements) or a voluntary program certified by the Texas
Education Agency (TEA) in conjunction with the Texas Workforce Commission that
meets the standards prescribed under §
75.1032 of this title (relating to
Certification Standards). The voluntary workforce training program must:
(1) integrate a secondary school academic
curriculum with private sector workplace training and a postsecondary
curriculum;
(2) place the
participant in job internships;
(3)
be designed to continue into postsecondary education and lead to the
participant earning an associate's degree or a bachelor's degree;
(4) result in teaching new skills and adding
value to the wage-earning potential of the participant and increasing the
participant's long-term employability in Texas; and
(5) meet recognized or accepted industry
standards.
(b) The
participants must be at least 16 years of age and enrolled in a public or
private secondary or postsecondary school, or an equivalent program, and have
begun to voluntarily participate in a certified voluntary workforce training
program as part of secondary school education.
(c) Each certified voluntary workforce
training program must have a designated sponsor responsible for operating the
program and in whose name the program is registered when certified by the TEA.
The term "sponsor" shall be defined as the entity or organization in whose name
the program is registered. Examples of sponsors may include, but are not be
limited to, a business, a school district, a local workforce development board,
or other appropriate entity that has agreed to operate the program according to
the established guidelines.
(d) No
student will be required to participate in a certified voluntary workforce
training program.
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