Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 2 - ACADEMIC AND WORKFORCE EDUCATION
Subchapter M - APPROVAL PROCESS FOR LOCAL NEEDS COURSES
Section 2.293 - Definitions
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
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.
