Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 2 - ACADEMIC AND WORKFORCE EDUCATION
Subchapter L - APPROVAL PROCESS FOR A CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
Section 2.262 - Certificate Titles, Length, and Program Content
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code ยง 2.262
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Career and Technical Education Certificate--A post-secondary credential, other than a degree, which a student earns upon successful completion of a career and technical education workforce or continuing education program offered by an institution of higher education. Courses that comprise career and technical education certificates are listed in the Workforce Education Course Manual and the Academic Course Guide Manual and are subject to Board approval.
(b) Certificates subject to this subchapter are defined as follows:
(1) Advanced Technical Certificate (ATC)--has
a specific associate or baccalaureate degree or junior level standing in an
approved baccalaureate degree program as a prerequisite for admission. It
consists of at least 16 semester credit hours and no more than 45 semester
credit hours and must be focused, clearly related to the prerequisite degree,
and justifiable to meet industry or external agency requirements.
(2) Continuing Education Certificate--is
awarded for completion of a program of instruction that meets or exceeds 360
contact hours and earns continuing education units. The certificate program is
intended to prepare the student to qualify for employment; to qualify for
employment advancement; or to bring the student's knowledge or skills up to
date in a particular field or profession.
(3) Enhanced Skills Certificate (ESC)--a
certificate associated with an applied associate degree program intended to
provide advanced skills identified by business and industry that are not part
of the applied associate degree. The certificate must be clearly defined in
course content and outcomes. It must consist of at least six (6) semester
credit hours and no more than twelve (12) semester credit hours. An ESC may
extend an applied associate degree to an overall total that must not exceed 72
semester credit hours. An ESC is awarded concurrently with a degree but may not
be considered to be an intrinsic part of the degree or be used to circumvent
the 60-semester credit hour associate degree limitation.
(4) Institutional Credential Leading to
Licensure or Certification (ICLC)--is awarded by an institution upon a
student's completion of a course or series of courses that represent the
achievement of identifiable skill proficiency leading to licensure or
certification. This definition includes a credential that meets the definition
of an Occupational Skills Award in all respects except that the program may
provide training for an occupation that is not included in the Local Workforce
Development Board's Target Occupations list.
(5) Level 1 Certificate--is designed to
provide the necessary academic skills and the workforce skills, knowledge, and
abilities necessary to attain entry-level employment or progression toward a
Level 2 Certificate or an applied associate degree, with at least 50 percent of
course credits drawn from a single technical specialty. A Level 1 Certificate
must be designed for a student to complete in one calendar year or less time
and consists of at least 15 semester credit hours and no more than 42 semester
credit hours.
(6) Level 2
Certificate--consists of at least 30 semester credit hours and no more than 51
semester credit hours.
(7)
Occupational Skills Award (OSA)--a sequence of courses that meets the minimum
standard for program length specified by the Texas Workforce Commission for the
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act program (9-14 semester credit
hours for credit courses or 144-359 contact hours for continuing education
courses). An OSA must possess the following characteristics:
(A) The content of the credential must be
recommended by an external workforce advisory committee, or the program must
provide training for an occupation that is included on the Local Workforce
Development Board's Target Occupations list;
(B) In most cases, the credential should be
composed of Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) courses only. However,
lower-division courses from the Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) may be used
if recommended by the external committee and if appropriate for the content of
the credential;
(C) The credential
complies with the Single Course Delivery guidelines for WECM courses;
and
(D) The credential prepares
students for employment in accordance with guidelines established for the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
(8) Third-Party Credential--A certificate as
defined in Texas Education Code, §
61.003(12)(C).
A Third-Party Credential meets the following requirements:
(A) The third-party credential is listed in
the American Council on Education's ACE National Guide with recommended
semester credit hours;
(B) The
third-party credential program content is either embedded in a course, embedded
in a program, or is a stand-alone program;
(C) The third-party credential is conferred
for successful completion of the third-party instructional program in which a
student is enrolled;
(D) The
third-party credential is included on the workforce education, continuing
education, or academic transcript from the college;
(E) The third-party provider of the
certificate develops the instructional program content, develops assessments to
evaluate student mastery of the instructional content, and confers the
third-party credential; and
(F) The
third-party credential meets the requirements in §13.556 of this part
(relating to Performance Tier: Fundable Outcomes).
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