New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 19 - CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND STANDARDS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 6A:19-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms shall have the following
				  meanings when used in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Specialized terms unique to a specific subchapter are defined within
				  that subchapter. "Career and technical education" is used synonymously
				  throughout this chapter with "vocational-technical education" in places where
				  "vocational-technical education" must be retained due to its basis in State
				  statute.
"Admissions policy" means the process established by a
				  county vocational school district for admittance of students into a career and
				  technical education program or program of study.
"Apprenticeship training" means a paid structured learning
				  experience in which students enrolled in an approved program are placed into an
				  employer-sponsored training program to learn a skilled trade or technical
				  occupation that is clearly identified and commonly recognized throughout an
				  industry, and that is customarily learned in a practical way through a
				  structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised training.
				  Apprenticeship training involves manual, mechanical, or technical skills and
				  knowledge, and requires related theoretical instruction to supplement the
				  on-the-job training. Apprentice training programs are registered with the New
				  Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the U.S. Department of
				  Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, in compliance with
				  29 CFR §§
										29.29 and
				  29.30.
"Approved program" means career and technical education
				  programs and programs of study that are developed and implemented in accordance
				  with
				  N.J.A.C.
				  6A:19-3.1, Program requirements, and 3.2,
				  Program approval, and N.J.S.A. 18A:54-24, Approval of courses of study.
"Career and technical education" means organized educational
				  activities that: offer a sequence of courses that provide individuals with the
				  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; may include prerequisite courses (other than a remedial course) that
				  meet the requirements of this definition; 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.
"Career and technical education student" means a student who
				  enrolls in an approved career and technical education program or program of
				  study.
"Career and technical student organization" means an
				  organization that engages students in career and technical education activities
				  as an integral part of the instructional program. Such organizations must have
				  State and national units that establish and coordinate the work and purposes of
				  instruction in career and technical education at the local level.
"Career Clusters" means the 16 distinct groupings of
				  occupations and industries based on the required knowledge and skills that are
				  recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and by the New Jersey Department
				  of Education.
"Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)" means the
				  taxonomic scheme that supports the accurate tracking, assessment, and reporting
				  of fields of study and program completion activity. CIP was originally
				  developed by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education
				  Statistics (NCES) in 1980, with revisions occurring in 1985 and 1990.
"Cooperative education experience" means a paid structured
				  learning experience, which is 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, that:
1. Shall be planned and supervised by the school and employer
				  so each contributes to the education and employability of the individual;
				  and
2. 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.
"County vocational school district" means a school district
				  established by a county board of chosen freeholders, pursuant to N.J.S.A.
				  18A:54-2 and 18A:54-12, for the purpose of providing efficient occupational,
				  technical, and academic education opportunities to secondary and postsecondary
				  students.
"Course" means an organization of subject matter and related
				  learning experiences designed to meet a career and technical education
				  objective provided for the instruction of students as part of an approved
				  career and technical education program or program of study.
"Displaced homemaker" means an individual who:
1. Has worked primarily without remuneration to care for a
				  home and family, and for that reason has diminished marketable skills;
				  and
2. Is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing
				  difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment; and
i. Is a parent whose youngest dependent child will become
				  ineligible to receive assistance under part A of Title IV of the Social
				  Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§
										601 et seq.) not later than two years after
				  the date on which the parent applies for assistance under this title; or
ii. Has been dependent on the income of another family member
				  but is no longer supported by that income.
"Economically disadvantaged student" means a student who is
				  a member of a household that meets Federal income poverty eligibility
				  guidelines for free and reduced price meals or free milk established under the
				  Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act,
				  42 U.S.C. §§
										1758(b)(1) and
				  1766(c)(4)
				  and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
				  42
				  U.S.C. §§
										1772(a)(6) and
				  1773(e)(1)(A),
				  incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented. The U.S.
				  Department of Agriculture annually issues the Income Eligibility Guidelines for
				  free and reduced price meals for the National School Lunch Program ( 7 CFR Part
				  210 ).
"Employer/agency agreement" means a written, signed
				  agreement between a school district and an employer or agency in which the
				  terms and conditions of a structured learning experience are detailed, as well
				  as the responsibilities of the participating parties, including the school
				  district, the host employer or agency, the student, and the parent or guardian.
"Hazard analysis" means a method of reviewing career and
				  technical education program tools, equipment, materials, procedures, and
				  processes to identify potential causes of injury or illness.
"Hazardous occupation" means occupations regulated by State
				  and Federal child-labor and wage-and-hour laws, regulations, and hazardous
				  orders as prohibited for minors with limited exemptions permitted for students
				  who are enrolled in an approved career and technical education program or
				  program of study and who are participating in a cooperative education
				  experience or apprenticeship training.
"Hazardous structured learning experiences" means work-based
				  activities regulated by State and Federal child-labor and wage-and hour-laws,
				  regulations, and hazardous orders as prohibited for minors with limited
				  exemptions permitted for students who are enrolled in an approved career and
				  technical education program or program of study and who are participating in a
				  cooperative education experience or apprenticeship training.
"Hazardous substance" means any substance or substance
				  contained in a mixture included on the workplace hazardous substance list
				  developed by the Department of Health, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:5A-5, introduced
				  by an employer to be used, studied, produced, or otherwise handled at a
				  facility.
"Incident reporting form" means the electronic form provided
				  by the Department for school districts to identify reportable incidents for
				  submission to the Department.
"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:
1. Whose native language is a language other than English;
				  or
2. Who lives in a family or community environment in which a
				  language other than English is the dominant language.
"Internship" means paid or unpaid structured learning
				  experiences in non-hazardous occupations that are designed for career
				  exploration and include supervised practical training.
"Job shadowing" means unpaid structured learning experiences
				  in which students determine by observation, interview, and study the pertinent
				  information related to an occupation or career.
"National and community service project" means unpaid
				  structured learning experiences in nonhazardous settings in which students
				  participate in any project, program, or undertaking designed to provide, or
				  assist in providing, activities or services to promote conservation,
				  restoration, or preservation of natural resources, open space of the
				  environment, or public health, education and welfare among the general
				  population or segments of the population having identifiable needs or
				  deficiencies.
"Nontraditional fields" means occupations or fields of work
				  in which individuals from one gender comprise less than 25 percent of the
				  individuals employed in each such occupation or field of work.
"Perkins Act" means the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
				  Education Improvement Act of 2006,
				  20
				  U.S.C. §§
										2301 et seq., which has
				  as its purpose to more fully develop the academic and career and technical
				  skills of secondary and postsecondary education students who elect to enroll in
				  career and technical education programs and programs of study.
"Postsecondary educational institution" means an institution
				  legally authorized to provide postsecondary education within the State,
				  including county colleges, county vocational school districts, and private
				  career schools.
"Program of study" means career and technical content areas
				  that: incorporate secondary and postsecondary education elements; include
				  coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and
				  relevant career and technical content in a coordinated, nonduplicative
				  progression of courses that align secondary and postsecondary education to
				  adequately prepare students to succeed in postsecondary education; may include
				  the opportunity for secondary students to participate in dual- or
				  concurrent-enrollment programs or acquire postsecondary credit in other ways;
				  and lead to an industry-recognized credential at the postsecondary level, or an
				  associate or baccalaureate degree.
"Reportable incident" means any injury or illness incurred
				  by a student or teacher resulting from participation in a career and technical
				  education program or program of study, occurring either on school premises or
				  off-premises at an approved structured learning experience training site,
				  including travel to or from the off-premises site, or any other individual who
				  incurred an injury or illness in a career and technical education classroom,
				  and that requires treatment by a licensed medical doctor.
"Rigorous activities" means student activities with
				  identifiable educational goals that support the New Jersey Student Learning
				  Standards.
"School-based enterprises" means structured learning
				  experiences in nonhazardous settings that are part of enterprises that involve
				  the production of goods and services by students for sale to or use by others.
"Service learning" means unpaid structured learning
				  experiences in nonhazardous settings taking place in the community that are
				  designed to foster students' community service and civic responsibility.
"Special populations" means:
1. Individuals with disabilities;
2. Individuals from economically disadvantaged families,
				  including foster children;
3. Individuals preparing for nontraditional fields;
4. Single parents, including single pregnant women;
5. Displaced homemakers; and
6. Individuals with limited English proficiency.
"State Board of Education" or "State Board" means the New
				  Jersey State Board of Vocational Education. Under
				  P.L.
				  109-270 and designated by
				  N.J.S.A.
				  18A:59-5, the State Board of Vocational
				  Education is established as the agent for the State in securing for the State
				  the benefits of Federal career and technical education appropriations.
"State Employment and Training Commission" means the State
				  commission established under P.L. 1989, c.295, to develop and assist in the
				  implementation of a State employment and training policy with the goal of
				  creating, in concert with the efforts of the private sector, a coherent,
				  integrated system of employment and training programs and services that will
				  provide each citizen of the State with equal access to the learning
				  opportunities needed to attain and maintain high levels of productivity and
				  earning power.
"State Plan" means the State Plan for Career and Technical
				  Education that: describes the career and technical education programs, programs
				  of study, and activities to be carried out by the State as authorized by the
				  State Board; is accepted by the U.S. Department of Education; and is required
				  under
				  P.L.
				  109-270.
"Structured learning experience (SLE)" means experiential,
				  supervised, in-depth learning experiences aligned to the New Jersey Student
				  Learning Standards that are designed to offer students the opportunity to more
				  fully explore career interests within one or more of the Career Clusters. SLEs
				  are designed as rigorous activities that are integrated into the curriculum and
				  that provide students with opportunities to demonstrate and apply a high level
				  of academic, and/or technical skills, and develop personal, academic and career
				  goals.
"Student training plan" means a written plan describing the
				  student learning objectives, activities, and assessments as part of a
				  structured learning experience.
"Student with a disability" means a student who is eligible
				  for special education and related services pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:14.
"Supervised agriculture experience" means activities for
				  students who are enrolled in approved agriculture, food, and natural resources
				  programs that are designed to promote career exploration; research,
				  experimentation, and analysis; and business ownership and entrepreneurship; and
				  placements into paid and unpaid external, work-based, supervised structured
				  learning experiences in agriculture-related businesses.
"Technical skills assessment" means a written and/or
				  performance assessment that may result in licensure, an industry certification,
				  or a credential related to a specific career.
"Volunteer experience" means an unpaid structured learning
				  experience where individuals donate their services to nonprofit or
				  public-sector employers for civic, religious, or humanitarian objectives.
"Work Experience Career Exploration Program (WECEP)" means a
				  school-supervised or -administered work experience program designed to permit
				  students between the ages of 14 and 16 to explore career possibilities while
				  they earn credit for both in-school related instruction and on-the-job
				  experience. The program allows for the employment of minors, whom authoritative
				  school district personnel identify as being able to benefit from the program,
				  in otherwise prohibited circumstances for up to 23 hours per week when school
				  is in session and for no more than three hours in any one day. WECEP programs
				  must follow Department guidelines as approved by the U.S. Department of Labor,
				  Employment and Training Administration, Wage and Hour
				  Division.