Section 130.351 - Definitions In this subchapter:
(1) "Adult" means a person who: (A) has completed the person's sophomore year of high school;(B) is 17 years of age and has been awarded a high school diploma or its equivalent; or(C) is 18 years of age or older, regardless of the person's previous educational experience.(2) "Avocational course" means a course of study in a subject or activity that is usually engaged in by a person in addition to the person's regular work or profession for recreation or in relation to a hobby. The term includes a community interest course.(3) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.(4) "Workforce continuing education" means a program of instruction that:(A) is designed primarily for adults; and(B) is intended, on completion by a participant, to prepare the participant to qualify to apply for and accept an employment offer or a job upgrade within a specific occupational category or to bring the participant's knowledge or skills up to date on new developments in a particular occupation or profession.(5) "Workforce continuing education course" means a course of instruction in workforce continuing education that is approved by the coordinating board. The term does not include an avocational course.Tex. Educ. Code art. 130.351
Renumbered by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 467,Sec. 21.001, eff. 9/1/2019.Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 510,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.