20 U.S.C. § 6103 : US Code - Section 6103: Definitions

Search 20 U.S.C. § 6103 : US Code - Section 6103: Definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1) All aspects of an industry
The term "all aspects of an industry" means all aspects of the
industry or industry sector a student is preparing to enter,
including planning, management, finances, technical and
production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor and
community issues, health and safety issues, and environmental
issues, related to such industry or industry sector.
(2) All students
The term "all students" means both male and female students
from a broad range of backgrounds and circumstances, including
disadvantaged students, students with diverse racial, ethnic, or
cultural backgrounds, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native
Hawaiians, students with disabilities, students with limited-
English proficiency, migrant children, school dropouts, and
academically talented students.
(3) Approved State plan
The term "approved State plan" means a statewide School-to-Work
Opportunities system plan that is submitted by a State under
section 6143 of this title, is determined by the Secretaries to
include the program components described in sections 6112 through
6114 of this title and otherwise meet the requirements of this
chapter, and is consistent with the State improvement plan for
the State, if any, under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act [20
U.S.C. 5801 et seq.].
(4) Career guidance and counseling
The term "career guidance and counseling" means programs -
(A) that pertain to the body of subject matter and related
techniques and methods organized for the development in
individuals of career awareness, career planning, career
decisionmaking, placement skills, and knowledge and
understanding of local, State, and national occupational,
educational, and labor market needs, trends, and opportunities;
(B) that assist individuals in making and implementing
informed educational and occupational choices; and
(C) that aid students to develop career options with
attention to surmounting gender, race, ethnic, disability,
language, or socioeconomic impediments to career options and
encouraging careers in nontraditional employment.
(5) Career major
The term "career major" means a coherent sequence of courses or
field of study that prepares a student for a first job and that -

(A) integrates academic and occupational learning, integrates
school-based and work-based learning, establishes linkages
between secondary schools and postsecondary educational
institutions;
(B) prepares the student for employment in a broad
occupational cluster or industry sector;
(C) typically includes at least 2 years of secondary
education and at least 1 or 2 years of postsecondary education;
(D) provides the students, to the extent practicable, with
strong experience in and understanding of all aspects of the
industry the students are planning to enter;
(E) results in the award of -
(i) a high school diploma or its equivalent, such as -
(I) a general equivalency diploma; or
(II) an alternative diploma or certificate for students
with disabilities for whom such alternative diploma or
certificate is appropriate;
(ii) a certificate or diploma recognizing successful
completion of 1 or 2 years of postsecondary education (if
appropriate); and
(iii) a skill certificate; and
(F) may lead to further education and training, such as entry
into a registered apprenticeship program, or may lead to
admission to a 2- or 4-year college or university.
(6) Community-based organizations
The term "community-based organizations" has the meaning given
such term in section 4(5) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29
U.S.C. 1503(5)).(!1)
(7) Elementary school
The term "elementary school" means a day or residential school
that provides elementary education, as determined under State
law.
(8) Employer
The term "employer" includes both public and private employers.
(9) Governor
The term "Governor" means the chief executive of a State.
(10) Local educational agency
The term "local educational agency" means a public board of
education or other public authority legally constituted within a
State for either administrative control or direction of, or to
perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary
schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other
political subdivision of a State, or such combination of school
districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an
administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary
schools. Such term includes any other public institution or
agency having administrative control and direction of a public
elementary or secondary school.
(11) Local partnership
The term "local partnership" means a local entity that is
responsible for local School-to-Work Opportunities programs and
that -
(A) consists of employers, representatives of local
educational agencies and local postsecondary educational
institutions (including representatives of area vocational
education schools, where applicable), local educators (such as
teachers, counselors, or administrators), representatives of
labor organizations or nonmanagerial employee representatives,
and students; and
(B) may include other entities, such as -
(i) employer organizations;
(ii) community-based organizations;
(iii) national trade associations working at the local
levels;
(iv) industrial extension centers;
(v) rehabilitation agencies and organizations;
(vi) registered apprenticeship agencies;
(vii) local vocational education entities;
(viii) proprietary institutions of higher education (as
defined in section 102(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
[20 U.S.C. 1002(b)] (!2) that continue to meet the
eligibility and certification requirements under title IV of
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq. [and 42 U.S.C. 2751 et
seq.]);
(ix) local government agencies;
(x) parent organizations;
(xi) teacher organizations;
(xii) vocational student organizations;
(xiii) private industry councils established under section
102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1512);
(!1)
(xiv) federally recognized Indian tribes, Indian
organizations, and Alaska Native villages within the meaning
of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.); and
(xv) Native Hawaiian entities.
(12) Postsecondary educational institution
The term "postsecondary educational institution" means an
institution of higher education (as such term is defined in
section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 1002])
which continues to meet the eligibility and certification
requirements under title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.
[and 42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.]).
(13) Registered apprenticeship agency
The term "registered apprenticeship agency" means the Bureau of
Apprenticeship and Training in the Department of Labor or a State
apprenticeship agency recognized and approved by the Bureau of
Apprenticeship and Training as the appropriate body for State
registration or approval of local apprenticeship programs and
agreements for Federal purposes.
(14) Registered apprenticeship program
The term "registered apprenticeship program" means a program
registered by a registered apprenticeship agency.
(15) Related services
The term "related services" includes the types of services
described in section 1401 of this title.
(16) Rural community with low population density
The term "rural community with low population density" means a
county, block number area in a nonmetropolitan county, or
consortium of counties or of such block number areas, that has a
population density of 20 or fewer individuals per square mile.
(17) School dropout
The term "school dropout" means a youth who is no longer
attending any school and who has not received a secondary school
diploma or a certificate from a program of equivalency for such a
diploma.
(18) School site mentor
The term "school site mentor" means a professional employed at
a school who is designated as the advocate for a particular
student, and who works in consultation with classroom teachers,
counselors, related services personnel, and the employer of the
student to design and monitor the progress of the School-to-Work
Opportunities program of the student.
(19) School-to-Work Opportunities program
The term "School-to-Work Opportunities program" means a program
that meets the requirements of this chapter, other than a program
described in section 6191(a) of this title.
(20) Secondary school
The term "secondary school" means -
(A) a nonprofit day or residential school that provides
secondary education, as determined under State law, except that
it does not include any education provided beyond grade 12; and
(B) a Job Corps center under part B of title IV of the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.).(!1)
(21) Secretaries
The term "Secretaries" means the Secretary of Education and the
Secretary of Labor.
(22) Skill certificate
The term "skill certificate" means a portable, industry-
recognized credential issued by a School-to-Work Opportunities
program under an approved State plan, that certifies that a
student has mastered skills at levels that are at least as
challenging as skill standards endorsed by the National Skill
Standards Board established under the National Skill Standards
Act of 1994,(!1) except that until such skill standards are
developed, the term "skill certificate" means a credential issued
under a process described in the approved State plan.
(23) State
The term "State" means each of the several States, the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin
Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
(24) State educational agency
The term "State educational agency" means the officer or agency
primarily responsible for the State supervision of public
elementary and secondary schools.
(25) Workplace mentor
The term "workplace mentor" means an employee or other
individual, approved by the employer at a workplace, who
possesses the skills and knowledge to be mastered by a student,
and who instructs the student, critiques the performance of the
student, challenges the student to perform well, and works in
consultation with classroom teachers and the employer of the
student.