{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-311.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 311.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Agency\" means the Texas Education Agency.\n(2) \"Certified program\" means a career and technology secondary and postsecondary education program conducted under an agreement as described by Section 311.003 or a voluntary program certified by the agency in conjunction with the commission as meeting the standards prescribed by Section 311.002, and that:\n(A) integrates a secondary school academic curriculum with private sector workplace training and a postsecondary curriculum;\n(B) places students in job internships;\n(C) is designed to continue into postsecondary education and lead to the participant earning an associate's degree or a bachelor's degree;\n(D) will result in teaching new skills and adding value to the wage-earning potential of participants and increasing a participant's long-term employability in this state; and\n(E) meets recognized or accepted industry standards.\n(3) \"Participant\" means a person at least 16 years of age who is enrolled in a public or private secondary or postsecondary school, or an equivalent program, and who began to voluntarily participate in a certified voluntary workforce training program as part of secondary school education.\n(4) \"Sponsor\" means any person operating a certified program and in whose name the program is registered.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT","SUBTITLE B. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT SERVICES","CHAPTER 311. VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.311.htm#311.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"1249182472fe9ccc3f0e2a06e7d278bab5f410262cc69e1d9c8524fa3f6eb06f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-310.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-311.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}