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20 USC § 2302 - Definitions
Unless otherwise specified, in this chapter:
Administration The term “administration”, when used with respect to an eligible agency or eligible recipient, means activities necessary for the proper and efficient performance of the eligible agency or eligible recipient’s duties under this chapter, including the supervision of such activities. Such term does not include curriculum development activities, personnel development, or research activities.
All aspects of an industry The term “all aspects of an industry” means strong experience in, and comprehensive understanding of, the industry that the individual is preparing to enter, including information as described in section 2328 of this title.
Area career and technical education school The term “area career and technical education school” means—
a specialized public secondary school used exclusively or principally for the provision of career and technical education to individuals who are available for study in preparation for entering the labor market;
the department of a public secondary school exclusively or principally used for providing career and technical education in not fewer than 5 different occupational fields to individuals who are available for study in preparation for entering the labor market;
a public or nonprofit technical institution or career and technical education school used exclusively or principally for the provision of career and technical education to individuals who have completed or left secondary school and who are available for study in preparation for entering the labor market, if the institution or school admits, as regular students, individuals who have completed secondary school and individuals who have left secondary school; or
the department or division of an institution of higher education, that operates under the policies of the eligible agency and that provides career and technical education in not fewer than 5 different occupational fields leading to immediate employment but not necessarily leading to a baccalaureate degree, if the department or division admits, as regular students, both individuals who have completed secondary school and individuals who have left secondary school.
Articulation agreement The term “articulation agreement” means a written commitment—
that is agreed upon at the State level or approved annually by the lead administrators of—
a secondary institution and a postsecondary educational institution; or
a subbaccalaureate degree granting postsecondary educational institution and a baccalaureate degree granting postsecondary educational institution; and
to a program that is—
designed to provide students with a nonduplicative sequence of progressive achievement leading to technical skill proficiency, a credential, a certificate, or a degree; and
linked through credit transfer agreements between the 2 institutions described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) (as the case may be).
Career and technical education The term “career and technical education” means organized educational activities that—
provides individuals with coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in current or emerging professions;
provides technical skill proficiency, an industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or an associate degree; and
may include prerequisite courses (other than a remedial course) that meet the requirements of this subparagraph; and
include competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of an industry, including entrepreneurship, of an individual.
Career and technical student organization (A)
In general The term “career and technical student organization” means an organization for individuals enrolled in a career and technical education program that engages in career and technical education activities as an integral part of the instructional program.
State and national units An organization described in subparagraph (A) may have State and national units that aggregate the work and purposes of instruction in career and technical education at the local level.
Career guidance and academic counseling The term “career guidance and academic counseling” means guidance and counseling that—
provides access for students (and parents, as appropriate) to information regarding career awareness and planning with respect to an individual’s occupational and academic future; and
provides information with respect to career options, financial aid, and postsecondary options, including baccalaureate degree programs.
Charter school The term “charter school” has the meaning given the term in section 7221i of this title.
Cooperative education The term “cooperative education” means a method of education for individuals who, through written cooperative arrangements between a school and employers, receive instruction, including required rigorous and challenging academic courses and related career and technical education instruction, by alternation of study in school with a job in any occupational field, which alternation—
shall be planned and supervised by the school and employer so that each contributes to the education and employability of the individual; and
may include an arrangement in which work periods and school attendance may be on alternate half days, full days, weeks, or other periods of time in fulfilling the cooperative program.
Displaced homemaker The term “displaced homemaker” means an individual who—
Educational service agency The term “educational service agency” has the meaning given the term in section 7801 of this title.
Eligible agency The term “eligible agency” means a State board designated or created consistent with State law as the sole State agency responsible for the administration of career and technical education in the State or for the supervision of the administration of career and technical education in the State.
a public or nonprofit private institution of higher education that offers career and technical education courses that lead to technical skill proficiency, an industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or a degree;
a postsecondary educational institution controlled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or operated by or on behalf of any Indian tribe that is eligible to contract with the Secretary of the Interior for the administration of programs under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Act of April 16, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.);
a consortium of 2 or more of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (E).
Eligible recipient The term “eligible recipient” means—
a local educational agency (including a public charter school that operates as a local educational agency), an area career and technical education school, an educational service agency, or a consortium, eligible to receive assistance under section 2351 of this title; or
an eligible institution or consortium of eligible institutions eligible to receive assistance under section 2352 of this title.
Governor The term “Governor” means the chief executive officer of a State.
Individual with limited English proficiency The term “individual with limited English proficiency” means a secondary school student, an adult, or an out-of-school youth, who has limited ability in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language, and—
who lives in a family or community environment in which a language other than English is the dominant language.
Individuals with disabilities The term “individuals with disabilities” means more than 1 individual with a disability.
Non-traditional fields The term “non-traditional fields” means occupations or fields of work, including careers in computer science, technology, and other current and emerging high skill occupations, for which individuals from one gender comprise less than 25 percent of the individuals employed in each such occupation or field of work.
Outlying area The term “outlying area” means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
a tribally controlled college or university; or
Postsecondary education tech prep student The term “postsecondary education tech prep student” means a student who—
has completed the secondary education component of a tech prep program; and
has enrolled in the postsecondary education component of a tech prep program at an institution of higher education described in clause (i) or (ii) of section 2373
Scientifically based research The term “scientifically based research” means research that is carried out using scientifically based research standards, as defined in section 9501 of this title.
Secondary education tech prep student The term “secondary education tech prep student” means a secondary education student who has enrolled in 2 courses in the secondary education component of a tech prep program.
Secondary school The term “secondary school” has the meaning given the term in section 7801 of this title.
Special populations The term “special populations” means—
individuals preparing for non-traditional fields;
State The term “State”, unless otherwise specified, means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each outlying area.
Support services The term “support services” means services related to curriculum modification, equipment modification, classroom modification, supportive personnel, and instructional aids and devices.
Tech prep program The term “tech prep program” means a tech prep program described in section 2373
Tribally controlled college or university The term “tribally controlled college or university” has the meaning given the term in section 1801
Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institution The term “tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institution” means an institution of higher education (as defined in section 1001 of this title, except that subsection (a)(2) of such section shall not be applicable and the reference to Secretary in subsection (a)(5) of such section shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of the Interior) that—
is formally controlled, or has been formally sanctioned or chartered, by the governing body of an Indian tribe or Indian tribes;
offers a technical degree or certificate granting program;
is governed by a board of directors or trustees, a majority of whom are Indians;
demonstrates adherence to stated goals, a philosophy, or a plan of operation, that fosters individual Indian economic and self-sufficiency opportunity, including programs that are appropriate to stated tribal goals of developing individual entrepreneurships and self-sustaining economic infrastructures on reservations;
has been in operation for at least 3 years;
holds accreditation with or is a candidate for accreditation by a nationally recognized accrediting authority for postsecondary career and technical education; and
enrolls the full-time equivalent of not less than 100 students, of whom a majority are Indians.
(Pub. L. 88–210, § 3, as added Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b),Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 685; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title IX, § 941(k)(2)(D)(i),Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3466.)
The Social Security Act, referred to in par. (10)(A)(iii), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Part A of title IV of the Act is classified generally to part A (§ 601 et seq.) of subchapter IV of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.
The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, referred to in par. (13)(D), is Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, as amended, which is classified principally to subchapter II (§ 450 et seq.) of chapter 14 of Title 25, Indians. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 450 of Title 25 and Tables.
Act of April 16, 1934, referred to in par. (13)(D), is act Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, 48 Stat. 596, as amended, popularly known as the Johnson-O’Malley Act, which is classified generally to section 452 et seq. of Title 25, Indians. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 452 of Title 25 and Tables.
A prior section 2302,Pub. L. 88–210, § 3, as added Pub. L. 105–332, § 1(b),Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3077; amended Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1076(k),Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2091, related to definitions, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 109–270.
Another prior section 2302,Pub. L. 88–210, § 3, as added Pub. L. 98–524, § 1,Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2437; amended Pub. L. 100–418, title VI, §§ 6131(b), 6134(b),Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1511, 1512; Pub. L. 101–392, § 3,Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 756, authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1991 to 1995 to carry out former subchapters I to IV of this chapter, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–332.
2008—Par. (33). Pub. L. 110–315made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 1801
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