In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
- (1) "average annual wage" has the meaning given in AS 23.20.520;
- (2) "board" means the Alaska Workforce Investment Board;
- (3) "cost per participant" means the total amount of grant money expended, divided by the total number of participants served within a fiscal year by a training grant recipient, including a state agency;
- (4) "department" means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
- (5) "program" means a training program identified in AS 23.15.580(f);
- (6) "state training and employment program" or "STEP" means the state training and employment program established under AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660;
- (7) "training" means an activity designed to instruct a participant; "training" includes classroom training, customized training, registered apprenticeship training, on-the-job training, skill- or industry-specific training, vocational training, literacy training, adult basic education, post-secondary training, and graduate training;
- (8) "workforce development system" includes the board, the department, and each program awarded a grant under AS 23.15;
- (9) "commissioner" means the commissioner of labor and workforce development;
- (10) "working day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.
(Eff. 4/18/2002, Register 162; am 12/24/2004, Register 172; am 12/23/2011, Register 200)
Authority: AS 23.15.580