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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 2308.002. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In this chapter:

(1) “Council” means the Texas Workforce Investment Council.

(2) “Division” means the division of workforce development of the Texas Workforce Commission.

(3) “Local labor market” means an economically integrated geographical area within which individuals may reside and find employment within a reasonable distance.

(4) “Workforce development” includes workforce education and workforce training and services.

(5) “Workforce education” means articulated career-path programs and the constituent courses of those programs that lead to initial or continuing licensing or certification or associate degree-level accreditation and that:

(A) are subject to:

(i) initial and ongoing state approval or regional or specialized accreditation;

(ii) a formal state evaluation that provides the basis for program continuation or termination;

(iii) state accountability and performance standards;  and

(iv) a regional or statewide documentation of the market demand for labor according to employers' needs;  or

(B) are subject to approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as adult vocational or continuing education courses.

(6) “Workforce training and services” means training and services programs that are not workforce education.

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