Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 11 - Vocational Rehabilitation and Adult Basic Education
Chapter 99 - Alaska Adult Education and Diplomas Under Special Conditions
Article 2 - High School Equivalency Test
8 AAC 99.190 - Definitions
Current through August 30, 2024
In 8 AAC 99.110 - 8 AAC 99.190, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "applicant" means an individual who has applied to an official testing center to take any portion of the GED tests;
(2) "department" means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(3) "GED" means General Educational Development;
(4) "GED Testing Service" means the joint venture of the American Council on Education and Pearson VUE that conducts the GED test;
(5) "official testing center" means an agency that offers GED testing under a current contract with Pearson VUE; the names and addresses of official testing centers may be obtained by writing to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, P.O. Box 115509, Juneau, Alaska 99811-5509;
(6) "proctor" means the person designated as the administrator of an official testing center;
(7) "program office" means the department acting in its capacity as the statewide administrator for the GED testing program.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect the name change of the Department of Education to the Department of Education and Early Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999, and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of education.
Authority:AS 44.31.020
