Section 8 AAC 84.900 - DefinitionsIn this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "average annual wage" has the meaning given in AS 23.20.520;(2) "board" means the Alaska Workforce Investment Board;(3) "cost per participant" means the total amount of grant money expended, divided by the total number of participants served within a fiscal year by a training grant recipient, including a state agency;(4) "department" means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;(5) "program" means a training program identified in AS 23.15.580(f);(6) "state training and employment program" or "STEP" means the state training and employment program established under AS 23.15.620-23.15.660;(7) "training" means an activity designed to instruct a participant; "training" includes classroom training, customized training, registered apprenticeship training, on-the-job training, skill- or industry-specific training, vocational training, literacy training, adult basic education, post-secondary training, and graduate training;(8) "workforce development system" includes the board, the department, and each program awarded a grant under AS 23.15;(9) "commissioner" means the commissioner of labor and workforce development;(10) "working day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.Eff. 4/18/2002, Register 162; am 12/24/2004, Register 172; am 12/23/2011, Register 200