(a) To qualify for funding, each apprenticeship training program shall be:
  (1) conducted by an independently operated apprenticeship committee; or
  (2) sponsored by a local education agency pursuant to a contract between the local education agency and an apprenticeship committee.
(b) The apprenticeship training program must be certified and registered by the US Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Apprenticeship prior to the applicable fiscal year.
(c) Each apprenticeship training program shall:
  (1) provide the local education agency with a validated copy of its written, national standards as approved by the DOL Office of Apprenticeship (or where national standards do not exist, individual program standards approved by the DOL Office of Apprenticeship); or
  (2) adhere to apprenticeship committee procedures for maintaining individual program standards as approved by the DOL Office of Apprenticeship.
(d) A funded apprenticeship training program must comply with Commission rules and Texas Education Code, Chapter 133.

Source Note: The provisions of this §837.24 adopted to be effective January 26, 2005, 30 TexReg 277; amended to be effective June 16, 2014, 39 TexReg 4664; amended to be effective April 23, 2018, 43 TexReg 2452