In addition to the definitions contained in §800.2 of this title, and the definitions contained in Texas Education Code, §133.001 and 29 C.F.R. §29.2 relating to apprenticeship training, the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

(1) Administrator's Guide--The Administrator's Guide supplements this chapter by providing all required operational details and procedures for planning and submitting an application for apprenticeship training program funding, as well as the annual timeline for submission. The Administrator's Guide may be accessed on the Agency's website at www.texasworkforce.org.

(2) Apprentice--A full-time paid worker, at least 16 years of age except where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed in the private sector, registered with the US Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Apprenticeship, and receives related instruction training to learn a skill in a certified apprenticeable occupation.

(3) Apprenticeship committee--An autonomous local group consisting of members appointed by one or more employers of apprentices, or by one or more bargaining agents representing members of an apprenticeable trade, or by a combination of the two. An apprenticeship committee, approved by the DOL Office of Apprenticeship, operates independently as a designated sponsor for an apprenticeship training program to establish instruction standards and goals for a particular craft or crafts, interview and select applicants, and monitor the program and apprentices as described in Texas Education Code §133.003.

(4) Apprenticeship training program--A training program that provides on-the-job training, preparatory instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in a trade that has been certified as an apprenticeable occupation by the DOL Office of Apprenticeship. As required by Texas Education Code §133.002(c), an apprenticeship training program shall be under the direction of an apprenticeship committee. The program is a structured system of training designed to prepare individuals for occupations, including but not limited to those in skilled trades and crafts, by combining training under the supervision of an experienced journey worker with job-related classroom instruction.

(5) Office of Apprenticeship--The DOL Office of Apprenticeship.

(6) Contact-hour rate--A method used to distribute apprenticeship training funds to grant recipients. The total available funds are divided by the statewide total number of contact hours of apprenticeship training instruction classes submitted to the Agency.

(7) Grant recipient--A recipient of the state-funded Apprenticeship Training Program that is an apprenticeship committee or a local education agency. Grant recipients must cooperate and comply with Agency monitoring activities as required by Chapter 802, Subchapter D, of this title (relating to Agency Monitoring Activities).

(8) Local education agency--For purposes of Chapter 837, a public school district or state postsecondary institution, under Texas Education Code, Chapter 133, that serves as a sponsor for an apprenticeship training program pursuant to a contract between the local education agency and an apprenticeship committee.

Source Note: The provisions of this §837.2 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