Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
EDUCATION CODE |
Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION |
Subtitle B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
Chapter 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD |
Subchapter T. TECH-PREP EDUCATION |
Sec. 61.852. TECH-PREP PROGRAM
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(a) A tech-prep program is a program of study that:
(1) combines at least two years of secondary education with at least two years of postsecondary education in a nonduplicative, sequential course of study based on the recommended high school program adopted by the State Board of Education under Section 28.025(a);
(2) integrates academic instruction and vocational and technical instruction;
(3) uses work-based and worksite learning where available and appropriate;
(4) provides technical preparation in a career field such as engineering technology, applied science, a mechanical, industrial, or practical art or trade, agriculture, health occupations, business, or applied economics;
(5) builds student competence in mathematics, science, reading, writing, communications, economics, and workplace skills through applied, contextual academics and integrated instruction in a coherent sequence of courses;
(6) leads to an associate degree, two-year postsecondary certificate, or postsecondary two-year apprenticeship with provisions, to the extent applicable, for students to continue toward completion of a baccalaureate degree; and
(7) leads to placement in appropriate employment or to further education.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), a tech-prep consortium is encouraged to include four years of secondary education in a tech-prep program.