N.M. Admin. Code § 2.110.6.7

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 2.110.6.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "All aspects of the industry" means all aspects of the industry or industry sector a student is preparing to enter including planning, management, finances, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor and community issues, health and safety issues and environmental issues, related to such industry or industry sector.

B. "All students" means both male and female students from a broad range of backgrounds and circumstances, including disadvantaged students, students with diverse racial, ethnic, or cultural backgrounds, American Indians, Alaska natives, native Hawaiians, students with disabilities, students with limited-English proficiency, migrant children, school dropouts, and academically talented students.

C."Approved state plan" means a statewide school-to-work opportunities system plan that is submitted by a state under Section 213 of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994, that is determined by the secretaries to include the program components described in sections 102 through 104 and otherwise meet the requirements of this act, and is consistent with the state improvement plan for the state, if any, under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.

D."Career major" means a coherent sequence of courses or field of study that prepares a student for a first job and that:

(1) integrates academic and occupational learning, integrates school-based and work-based learning, establishes linkages between secondary schools and postsecondary educational institutions;

(2) prepares the student for employment in a broad occupational cluster or industry sector;

(3) typically includes at least two years of secondary education and at least one or two years of post secondary education;

(4) provides the students, to the extent practicable, with strong experience in and understanding of all aspects of the industry the students are planning to enter;

(5) results in the award of a high school diploma or its equivalent, such as:

(a) a general equivalency diploma (GED); or

(b) an alternative diploma or certificate for students with disabilities for whom such alternative diploma or certificate is appropriate;

(c) a certificate or diploma recognizing successful completion of one or two years of postsecondary education (if appropriate); and

(d) a skill certificate.

(6) may lead to further education and training, such as entry into a registered apprenticeship program, or may lead to admission to a two or four year college or university.

E."Council" means the school-to-work advisory council, the policy setting body for the New Mexico school-to-work system established by executive order of the governor. The council membership shall include:

(1) the governor;

(2) the department of labor secretary;

(3) the economic development department secretary;

(4) the executive director of the commission on higher education;

(5) the department of finance secretary;

(6) any additional member that may be necessary in the future;

(7) the state superintendent of public instruction;

(8) one local school district representative;

(9) two state legislators;

(10) five at large members representing large business, small business, and labor.

F."Division" means the local government division of the New Mexico department of finance and administration.

G."Educational plan for student success" ( EPSS) means a comprehensive long-range planning, implementation, and evaluation tool of the public school district designed to lead to improved student learning and school improvement.

H."Employer" means both public and private employers.

I."Goal(s)" means an ultimate outcome over a long period of time of activity. It sets the general direction of work performed.

J."Goals 2000" means the Goals 2000 Act which provides resources to states and communities to develop and implement educational reforms aimed at helping students master academic and occupational skill standards.

K."Governance" means a component in the school-to-work system which addresses the administrative function of the local school-to-work effort, including:

(1) the organization and management of a partnership or consortium within a geographic region defined by a regional area partnership;

(2) fiscal integrity to operate system components;

(3) a school-to-work coordinator;

(4) the ability to leverage funding through fund raising and/or reallocation to sustain the school-to-work system;

(5) an assigned fiscal agent.

L."Implementation grant" means a school-to-work grant awarded on a competitive basis to a regional area partnership that has planned and developed a base for a school-to-work system, and is ready to begin implementing it.

M."Job shadowing" means an opportunity given to students to observe specific jobs in a business setting to help them make a career decision. As part of the experience they may briefly partake in some of the activities they will be observing, but they will not be paid for doing so.

N."Local partnership" means a local entity that is responsible for local school-to-work opportunities system and that:

(1) consists of employers, representatives of local educational agencies and local postsecondary educational institution (including representatives of area vocational educational schools where applicable), local educators (such as teachers, counselors, or administrators), representatives of labor organizations or non-managerial employee representative, and students;

(2) may include other entities, such as:

(a) employer organizations;

(b) community-based organizations;

(c) national trade associations working at the local levels;

(d) rehabilitation agencies and organizations;

(e) registered apprenticeship agencies;

(f) local vocational education entities;

(g) proprietary schools and institutions of higher education (as defined in section 481(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1088(b) that continue to meet the eligibility and certification requirements under Title IV of such act ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.);

(h) local government agencies;

(i) parent organizations;

(j) teacher organizations;

(k) vocational student organizations;

(l) private industry councils established under section 102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29.U.S.C. 1512);

(m) job centers;

(n) workforce development centers;

(o) federally recognized Indian tribes, Indian organizations, and Alaska native villages;

(p) native Hawaiian entities.

O."Mentor": See workplace mentor and/or school site mentor.

P."Objective(s)" means a specific accomplishment to be achieved during a given period of time. Objectives are driven by "goals".

Q."Planning grant" means a school-to-work grant awarded on a competitive basis to a regional area partnership for the purpose of planning a school-to-work system.

R."Professional development" means to provide training and/or orientation to teachers, counselors, administrators, school site mentors, workplace mentors, school-to-work coordinators, and others,on any or all aspects of the school-to-work system in order to provide skills and knowledge necessary to successfully implement the system.

S."Regional area partnership" means a regional entity composed of one or more local partnerships based geographically on New Mexico's 17 postsecondary institution service areas as defined by the small business development centers.

T."School dropout" means a youth who is no longer attending any school and who has not received a secondary school diploma or a certificate from a program of equivalency for such a diploma.

U."School site mentor" means a professional employed at a school who is designated as the advocate for a particular student, and who works in consultation with classroom teachers, counselors, related services personnel, the employer of the student, to design and monitor the progress of the school-to-work opportunities program for the student.

V."School-to-work system" means a statewide program established under the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 that will enable all students to develop a set of academic or work skill standards to prepare them for successful entry into either an institution of higher learning or the labor market or enable students to leave the labor market and return for further training.

W."Secretaries" means the U.S. secretary of education and the U.S. secretary of labor.

X. "Skill certificate" means a portable, industry-recognized credential issued by a school-to-work opportunities program under an approved state plan, that certifies that a student has mastered skills at levels that are at least as challenging as skill standards endorsed by the national skill standards board established under the National Skill Standards Act of 1994, except that until such skill standards are developed, the term skill certificate means a credential issued under a process described in the approved state plan.

Y."State" means each of the several states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Island, and the Republic of Palau.

Z."Sustainability" means a strategy on how the school-to-work system will continue after federal funding ceases.

AA."Workplace mentor" means an employee or other individual, approved by the employer at a workplace, who possesses the skills and knowledge to be mastered by a student, and who instructs the student, critiques the performance of the student, guides the student to perform well, and works in consultation with classroom teachers and the employer of the student.

N.M. Admin. Code § 2.110.6.7

6/30/98; Recompiled 10/01/01