(a) Educational services are only available for Choices participants who have not completed secondary school or who have not received a GED credential as follows:
- (1) Educational services for Choices participants age 20 or older are non-core activities as defined in §811.25(a)(2).
- (2) Educational services for Choices participants who are teen heads of household age 19 and younger are core activities as defined in §811.30.
(b) A Board shall ensure that a determination is made, on a case-by-case basis, whether to authorize, arrange, or refer Choices participants who are age 20 and older for the following educational or other training services:
- (1) secondary school leading to a high school diploma or a GED credential, when required as a prerequisite for employment;
- (2) Adult Basic Education (ABE), language instruction, or literacy instruction; or
- (3) other educational activities which are directly related to employment.
- (c) A Board shall ensure educational services related to employment directly provide education, knowledge, and skills for specific occupations, work settings, jobs, or job offers.
(d) Boards may count supervised study or homework time toward a Choices participant's family participation requirement if:
- (1) study or homework time is directly correlated to the demands of the course work for out-of-class preparation as described by the educational institution;
- (2) the educational institution's policy requires a certain number of out-of-class preparation hours; and
- (3) study or homework time is directly monitored, supervised, and documented.
- (e) A Board shall verify whether the Choices participant is making good or satisfactory progress as determined by the educational institution.
- (f) A Board shall ensure Choices participants enrolled in educational services are supervised daily.
- (g) A Board shall ensure educational services are documented in TWIST at least every two weeks.
Source Note:The provisions of this §811.50 adopted to be effective November 18, 2003, 28 TexReg 10261; amended to be effective February 26, 2007, 32 TexReg 906.