Tex. Lab. Code § 311.001 · Chapter 311. VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency.
(2) "Certified program" means a career and technology secondary and postsecondary education program conducted under an agreement as described by Section 311.003 or a voluntary program certified by the agency in conjunction with the commission as meeting the standards prescribed by Section 311.002, and that:
(A) integrates a secondary school academic curriculum with private sector workplace training and a postsecondary curriculum;
(B) places students in job internships;
(C) is designed to continue into postsecondary education and lead to the participant earning an associate's degree or a bachelor's degree;
(D) will result in teaching new skills and adding value to the wage-earning potential of participants and increasing a participant's long-term employability in this state; and
(E) meets recognized or accepted industry standards.
(3) "Participant" means a person at least 16 years of age who is enrolled in a public or private secondary or postsecondary school, or an equivalent program, and who began to voluntarily participate in a certified voluntary workforce training program as part of secondary school education.
(4) "Sponsor" means any person operating a certified program and in whose name the program is registered.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.311.htm
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