As used in this part:

1. 1. “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 standards for career and technical education programs adopted by the state board under this part.
2. 2. “Approved practitioner preparation school, department, or class” means a school, department, or class approved by the state board as entitled under this part to federal moneys for the training of teachers of career and technical education subjects.
3. 3. “Approved regional career and technical education planning partnership” means a regional entity that meets the standards for regional career and technical education planning partnerships adopted by the state board pursuant to section 256.129 and section 256.136.
4. 4. “Career academy” means a career academy established under section 256.137.
5. 5. “Career and technical education service area” means any one of the service areas specified in section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “h”.
6. 6. “State board” means the state board for career and technical education as provided in section 256.127.
7. 7. “Work-based learning” means opportunities and experiences that include but are not limited to sustained project-based learning in partnership with an employer, simulated work experiences aligned with industry-recognized credentials, high-quality pre-apprenticeships aligned to an apprenticeship, student learner programs, internships, and apprenticeships.

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3842; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §258.6] 89 Acts, ch 265, §33; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §58; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §41; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §68 – 70; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2529, 2535; 2023 Acts, ch 111, §34 C2024, §256.125 2024 Acts, ch 1162, §4, 17

Referred to in §256.11, 256.130, 260C.18A, 261E.10