Texas Administrative Code › Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE › Part 20 - TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION › Chapter 807 - CAREER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 807.2 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions contained in §
										800.2 of
					 this title, the following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall
					 have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Academic quarter--A
				  period of instruction that includes at least ten weeks of instruction, unless
				  otherwise approved by the Agency.
(2) Academic semester--A period of
				  instruction that includes at least 15 weeks of instruction, unless otherwise
				  approved by the Agency.
(3)
				  Academic term--An academic quarter, academic semester, or other progress
				  evaluation period.
(4) Academically
				  related activity--An exam, tutorial, computer-assisted instruction, academic
				  counseling, academic advisement, turning in a class assignment, or attending a
				  study group that is assigned by the institution, or other activity as
				  determined by the Agency.
(5)
				  Accountant--An independent certified public accountant properly registered with
				  the appropriate state board of accountancy.
(6) Act--Texas Education Code, Chapter 132,
				  Career Schools and Colleges.
(7)
				  Address of record--In addition to the mailing address contained in the
				  application for a certificate of approval, each career school or college shall
				  establish an email address of record for a distribution list that consistently
				  maintains a minimum of two current subscribers, with the format of the address
				  to be "School#Director@xdomain," for example,
				  S1111Director@gmail.com.
(8)
				  Advertising--Any affirmative act designed to call attention to a school or
				  program for the purpose of encouraging enrollment.
(9) Agency--The unit of state government
				  established under Texas Labor Code, Chapter 301, that is presided over by the
				  Commission and administered by the executive director to operate the integrated
				  workforce development system and administer the unemployment compensation
				  insurance program in this state as established under the Texas Unemployment
				  Compensation Act, Texas Labor Code Annotated, Title 4, Subtitle A, as amended.
				  The definition of Agency applies to all uses of the term in this
				  chapter.
(10) Appellant--The party
				  or the party's authorized hearing representative who files an appeal from an
				  appealable determination or decision.
(11) Asynchronous distance
				  education--Distance education training that the Agency determines is not
				  synchronous.
(12) Class, course, or
				  course of instruction--An identifiable unit of organized instruction that is
				  part of a program of instruction.
(13) Commission--The body of governance of
				  the Texas Workforce Commission composed of three members appointed by the
				  governor as established under Texas Labor Code, §
										301.002
				  that includes one representative of labor, one representative of employers, and
				  one representative of the public. The definition of Commission applies to all
				  uses of the term in this chapter.
(14) Coordinating Board--The Texas Higher
				  Education Coordinating Board.
(15)
				  Course time or course time hour--A class period that is:
(A) a 50-minute to 60-minute lecture,
				  recitation, or class, including a laboratory class or shop training, in a
				  60-minute period;
(B) a 50-minute
				  to 60-minute externship in a 60-minute period; or
(C) 60 minutes of preparation in asynchronous
				  distance education.