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Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 1302.5037. Career and Technology Education Program for Technician Certification;  Instructors

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

(a) In this section:

(1) “Career and technology education program” means:

(A) a career and technology education program under Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code;  or

(B) a program determined by the department to be similar to that described by Paragraph (A) and offered by:

(i) an institution of higher education;  or

(ii) a private school, as defined by Section 5.001, Education Code.

(2) “Institution of higher education” means an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) The department shall recognize a career and technology education program as a certification training program for purposes of Section 1302.5036.

(c) The commission by rule shall establish standards for the essential knowledge and skills of a career and technology education program described by Subsection (a), subject to the approval of the State Board of Education if the courses are to be offered in a high school.  The rules must:

(1) require the program to consist of an appropriate number of hours of classroom instruction and a practical component;  and

(2) provide for crediting appropriate on-the-job training toward meeting the requirements of the practical component.

(d) A person may not provide instruction in a career and technology education program unless the person is:

(1) a licensed air conditioning and refrigeration contractor;  or

(2) a certified air conditioning and refrigeration technician whose certification was issued on or after September 1, 2018.

(e) A career and technology education program offered by an institution of higher education may not be more stringent than a program offered by a public high school.

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