281—46.2  (258)  Definitions.  As used in this chapter:
“Approved career and technical education program”  means a career and technical education program offered by a school district or community college and approved by the department which meets the requirements for career and technical education programs established under this chapter.
“Approved practitioner preparation school, department, or class”  means a school, department, or class approved by the board as entitled under this chapter to federal moneys for the training of teachers of career and technical education subjects.
“Approved regional career and technical education planning partnership”  means a regional entity that meets the requirements for regional career and technical education planning partnerships pursuant to rule 281—46.10(258).
“Board”  means the board for career and technical education as provided in rule 281—46.3(258).
“Career academy”  means a career academy established under rule 281—46.11(258).
“Career and technical education service area”  means any one of the service areas specified in rule 281—46.4(258).
“Career cluster”  means a nationally recognized framework for organizing and classifying career and technical education programs.
“Community college”  means an institution as defined under Iowa Code section 260C.2(1).
“Department”  means the department of education.
“Director”  means the director of the department of education.
“District”  means a public school district.
“Partnership”  means a regional career and technical education planning partnership as established under rule 281—46.10(258).
“Program”  means a minimum of three sequential units of career and technical education coursework.
“Sector partnership”  means a regional industry sector partnership as defined in rule 281—25.18(260H).
“Shared program”  means a program or portion of a program offered through an agreement pursuant to Iowa Code section 256.13.
“Work-based learning”  means opportunities and experiences that include but are not limited to tours, job shadowing, rotations, mentoring, entrepreneurship, service learning, internships, and apprenticeships.
“Work-based learning intermediary network”  means the statewide work-based learning intermediary network established pursuant to 281—Chapter 48.
[ ARC 2947C , IAB 2/15/17, effective 3/22/17]