(a) Any workforce continuing education program meeting or exceeding 360 contact hours shall be subject to all of the requirements for workforce education programs for state appropriations as outlined in Chapter 9, Subchapter E of this title (relating to Certificate and Associate Degree Programs).
(b) Any workforce continuing education program meeting or exceeding 780 contact hours in length must result in the award of semester or quarter credit hours and be applicable to a certificate and an applied associate degree program. An exception shall be made for Emergency Medical/Paramedic continuing education programs, which may reach 800 contact hours.
(c) A public junior college may offer, or may enter into an agreement with a school district, organization, or other person that operates a high school to offer, workforce continuing education courses other than learning framework courses, basic employability courses, and basic learning skills courses to a person who is:
  (1) enrolled in high school after the completion of the person's sophomore year; or
  (2) is enrolled in a school that is not formally organized as a high school and is at least 16 years of age; or
  (3) is attending high school while incarcerated, is at least 16 years of age, and is not eligible for release from incarceration before the person's 18th birthday.

Source Note: The provisions of this §9.114 adopted to be effective February 28, 2018, 43 TexReg 1077