Texas Administrative Code › Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE › Part 20 - TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION › Chapter 837 - APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM › Subchapter A - GENERAL PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 837.2 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions contained in §
										800.2 of
					 this title, and the definitions contained in Texas Education Code, §
										133.001 and
					 29
					 C.F.R. §
											29.2 relating to apprenticeship
					 training, the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have
					 the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Administrator's Guide--The
				  Administrator's Guide supplements this chapter by providing all required
				  operational details and procedures for planning and submitting an application
				  for apprenticeship training program funding, as well as the annual timeline for
				  submission. The Administrator's Guide may be accessed on the Agency's website
				  at www.texasworkforce.org.
(2)
				  Apprentice--A full-time paid worker, at least 16 years of age except where a
				  higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed in the
				  private sector, registered with the US Department of Labor (DOL) Office of
				  Apprenticeship, and receives related instruction training to learn a skill in a
				  certified apprenticeable occupation.
(3) Apprenticeship committee--An autonomous
				  local group consisting of members appointed by one or more employers of
				  apprentices, or by one or more bargaining agents representing members of an
				  apprenticeable trade, or by a combination of the two. An apprenticeship
				  committee, approved by the DOL Office of Apprenticeship, operates independently
				  as a designated sponsor for an apprenticeship training program to establish
				  instruction standards and goals for a particular craft or crafts, interview and
				  select applicants, and monitor the program and apprentices as described in
				  Texas Education Code §
										133.003.
(4) Apprenticeship training program--A
				  training program that provides on-the-job training, preparatory instruction,
				  supplementary instruction, or related instruction in a trade that has been
				  certified as an apprenticeable occupation by the DOL Office of Apprenticeship.
				  As required by Texas Education Code §
										133.002(c),
				  an apprenticeship training program shall be under the direction of an
				  apprenticeship committee. The program is a structured system of training
				  designed to prepare individuals for occupations, including but not limited to
				  those in skilled trades and crafts, by combining training under the supervision
				  of an experienced journey worker with job-related classroom
				  instruction.
(5) Office of
				  Apprenticeship--The DOL Office of Apprenticeship.
(6) Contact-hour rate--A method used to
				  distribute apprenticeship training funds to grant recipients. The total
				  available funds are divided by the statewide total number of contact hours of
				  apprenticeship training instruction classes submitted to the Agency.
(7) Grant recipient--A recipient of the
				  state-funded Apprenticeship Training Program that is an apprenticeship
				  committee or a local education agency. Grant recipients must cooperate and
				  comply with Agency monitoring activities as required by Chapter 802, Subchapter
				  D, of this title (relating to Agency Monitoring Activities).
(8) Local education agency--For purposes of
				  Chapter 837, a public school district or state postsecondary institution, under
				  Texas Education Code, Chapter 133, that serves as a sponsor for an
				  apprenticeship training program pursuant to a contract between the local
				  education agency and an apprenticeship committee.