The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
  (1) Adult--
    (A) a person who has completed the person's sophomore year of high school, or
    (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--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) Basic employability course--a course that covers topics such as conducting a job search, developing a resume, completing an application for employment, and interviewing skills.
  (4) Basic learning skills course--a non-college-level course that covers learning strategies such as note-taking and test preparation.
  (5) Coordinating board--the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
  (6) Disabilities of minority--as defined in Texas Family Code, Chapter 31, Removal of the Disabilities of Minority. Applies to students over the age of 16 and not over the age of 18.
  (7) Learning framework course--a college-level course that is solely or primarily focused on skill acquisition related to the learning process and is not a workforce education course.
  (8) Workforce continuing education--non-credit instruction that is designed primarily for adults and 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.
  (9) Workforce continuing education course--a course of non-credit instruction in workforce continuing education that is approved by the coordinating board. The term does not include an avocational course.

Source Note: The provisions of this §9.113 adopted to be effective February 28, 2018, 43 TexReg 1077