20 U.S.C. § 2302 : US Code - Section 2302: Definitions

Search 20 U.S.C. § 2302 : US Code - Section 2302: Definitions

In this chapter:
(1) Administration
The term "administration", when used with respect to an
eligible agency or eligible recipient, means activities necessary
for the proper and efficient performance of the eligible agency
or eligible recipient's duties under this chapter, including
supervision, but does not include curriculum development
activities, personnel development, or research activities.
(2) All aspects of an industry
The term "all aspects of an industry" means strong experience
in, and comprehensive understanding of, the industry that the
individual is preparing to enter.
(3) Area vocational and technical education school
The term "area vocational and technical education school" means
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(A) a specialized public secondary school used exclusively or
principally for the provision of vocational and technical
education to individuals who are available for study in
preparation for entering the labor market;
(B) the department of a public secondary school exclusively
or principally used for providing vocational and technical
education in not fewer than 5 different occupational fields to
individuals who are available for study in preparation for
entering the labor market;
(C) a public or nonprofit technical institution or vocational
and technical education school used exclusively or principally
for the provision of vocational and technical education to
individuals who have completed or left secondary school and who
are available for study in preparation for entering the labor
market, if the institution or school admits as regular students
both individuals who have completed secondary school and
individuals who have left secondary school; or
(D) the department or division of an institution of higher
education, that operates under the policies of the eligible
agency and that provides vocational and technical education in
not fewer than five different occupational fields leading to
immediate employment but not necessarily leading to a
baccalaureate degree, if the department or division admits as
regular students both individuals who have completed secondary
school and individuals who have left secondary school.
(4) Career guidance and academic counseling
The term "career guidance and academic counseling" means
providing access to information regarding career awareness and
planning with respect to an individual's occupational and
academic future that shall involve guidance and counseling with
respect to career options, financial aid, and postsecondary
options.
(5) Charter school
The term "charter school" has the meaning given the term in
section 7221i (!1) of this title.
(6) Cooperative education
The term "cooperative education" means a method of instruction
of education for individuals who, through written cooperative
arrangements between a school and employers, receive instruction,
including required academic courses and related vocational and
technical education instruction, by alternation of study in
school with a job in any occupational field, which alternation
shall be planned and supervised by the school and employer so
that each contributes to the education and employability of the
individual, and may include an arrangement in which work periods
and school attendance may be on alternate half days, full days,
weeks, or other periods of time in fulfilling the cooperative
program.
(7) Displaced homemaker
The term "displaced homemaker" means an individual who -
(A)(i) has worked primarily without remuneration to care for
a home and family, and for that reason has diminished
marketable skills;
(ii) has been dependent on the income of another family
member but is no longer supported by that income; or
(iii) is a parent whose youngest dependent child will become
ineligible to receive assistance under part A of title IV of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) not later than
2 years after the date on which the parent applies for
assistance under this chapter; (!1) and
(B) is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing
difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment.
(8) Educational service agency
The term "educational service agency" has the meaning given the
term in section 7801 of this title.
(9) Eligible agency
The term "eligible agency" means a State board designated or
created consistent with State law as the sole State agency
responsible for the administration of vocational and technical
education or for supervision of the administration of vocational
and technical education in the State.
(10) Eligible institution
The term "eligible institution" means -
(A) an institution of higher education;
(B) a local educational agency providing education at the
postsecondary level;
(C) an area vocational and technical education school
providing education at the postsecondary level;
(D) a postsecondary educational institution controlled by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs or operated by or on behalf of any
Indian tribe that is eligible to contract with the Secretary of
the Interior for the administration of programs under the
Indian Self-Determination Act [25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.] or the
Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596; 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.);
(E) an educational service agency; or
(F) a consortium of 2 or more of the entities described in
subparagraphs (A) through (E).
(11) Eligible recipient
The term "eligible recipient" means -
(A) a local educational agency, an area vocational and
technical education school, an educational service agency, or a
consortium, eligible to receive assistance under section 2351
of this title; or
(B) an eligible institution or consortium of eligible
institutions eligible to receive assistance under section 2352
of this title.
(12) Governor
The term "Governor" means the chief executive officer of a
State or an outlying area.
(13) Individual with limited English proficiency
The term "individual with limited English proficiency" means a
secondary school student, an adult, or an out-of-school youth,
who has limited ability in speaking, reading, writing, or
understanding the English language, and -
(A) whose native language is a language other than English;
or
(B) who lives in a family or community environment in which a
language other than English is the dominant language.
(14) Individual with a disability
(A) In general
The term "individual with a disability" means an individual
with any disability (as defined in section 12102 of title 42).
(B) Individuals with disabilities
The term "individuals with disabilities" means more than 1
individual with a disability.
(15) Institution of higher education
The term "institution of higher education" has the meaning
given the term in section 1001 of this title.
(16) Local educational agency
The term "local educational agency" has the meaning given the
term in section 7801 of this title.
(17) Nontraditional training and employment
The term "nontraditional training and employment" means
occupations or fields of work, including careers in computer
science, technology, and other emerging high skill occupations,
for which individuals from one gender comprise less than 25
percent of the individuals employed in each such occupation or
field of work.
(18) Outlying area
The term "outlying area" means the United States Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
(19) Postsecondary educational institution
The term "postsecondary educational institution" means -
(A) an institution of higher education that provides not less
than a 2-year program of instruction that is acceptable for
credit toward a bachelor's degree;
(B) a tribally controlled college or university; or
(C) a nonprofit educational institution offering certificate
or apprenticeship programs at the postsecondary level.
(20) School dropout
The term "school dropout" means an individual who is no longer
attending any school and who has not received a secondary school
diploma or its recognized equivalent.
(21) Secondary school
The term "secondary school" has the meaning given the term in
section 7801 of this title.
(22) Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education.
(23) Special populations
The term "special populations" means -
(A) individuals with disabilities;
(B) individuals from economically disadvantaged families,
including foster children;
(C) individuals preparing for nontraditional training and
employment;
(D) single parents, including single pregnant women;
(E) displaced homemakers; and
(F) individuals with other barriers to educational
achievement, including individuals with limited English
proficiency.
(24) State
The term "State", unless otherwise specified, means each of the
several States of the United States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each outlying area.
(25) Support services
The term "support services" means services related to
curriculum modification, equipment modification, classroom
modification, supportive personnel, and instructional aids and
devices.
(26) Tech-prep program
The term "tech-prep program" means a program of study that -
(A) combines at least 2 years of secondary education (as
determined under State law) and 2 years of postsecondary
education in a nonduplicative sequential course of study;
(B) strengthens the applied academic component of vocational
and technical education through the integration of academic,
and vocational and technical, instruction;
(C) provides technical preparation in an area such as
engineering technology, applied science, a mechanical,
industrial, or practical art or trade, agriculture, a health
occupation, business, or applied economics;
(D) builds student competence in mathematics, science, and
communications (including through applied academics) in a
coherent sequence of courses; and
(E) leads to an associate degree or a certificate in a
specific career field, and to high skill, high wage employment,
or further education.
(27) Tribally controlled college or university
The term "tribally controlled college or university" has the
meaning given such term in section 1801 of title 25.
(28) Tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical
institution
The term "tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and
technical institution" means an institution of higher education
(as defined in section 1001 of this title, except that paragraph
(2) (!2) of such section shall not be applicable and the
reference to Secretary in paragraph (5)(A) (!2) of such section
shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of the Interior) that -

(A) is formally controlled, or has been formally sanctioned
or chartered, by the governing body of an Indian tribe or
Indian tribes;
(B) offers a technical degree or certificate granting
program;
(C) is governed by a board of directors or trustees, a
majority of whom are Indians;
(D) demonstrates adherence to stated goals, a philosophy, or
a plan of operation, that fosters individual Indian economic
and self-sufficiency opportunity, including programs that are
appropriate to stated tribal goals of developing individual
entrepreneurships and self-sustaining economic infrastructures
on reservations;
(E) has been in operation for at least 3 years;
(F) holds accreditation with or is a candidate for
accreditation by a nationally recognized accrediting authority
for postsecondary vocational and technical education; and
(G) enrolls the full-time equivalent of not less than 100
students, of whom a majority are Indians.
(29) Vocational and technical education
The term "vocational and technical education" means organized
educational activities that -
(A) offer a sequence of courses that provides individuals
with the academic and technical knowledge and skills the
individuals need to prepare for further education and for
careers (other than careers requiring a baccalaureate,
master's, or doctoral degree) in current or emerging employment
sectors; and
(B) include competency-based applied learning that
contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning
and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general
employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific
skills, of an individual.
(30) Vocational and technical student organization
(A) In general
The term "vocational and technical student organization"
means an organization for individuals enrolled in a vocational
and technical education program that engages in vocational and
technical activities as an integral part of the instructional
program.
(B) State and national units
An organization described in subparagraph (A) may have State
and national units that aggregate the work and purposes of
instruction in vocational and technical education at the local
level.