[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR406.5]

[Page 70]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 406--STATE-ADMINISTERED TECH-PREP EDUCATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 406.5  What definitions apply?

    (a) The definitions in 34 CFR 400.4 apply to this part.
    (b) The following definitions also apply to this part:
    Articulation agreement means a commitment to a program designed to 
provide students with a non-duplicative sequence of progressive 
achievement leading to competencies in a tech-prep education program.
    Community college--
    (1) Has the meaning provided in 34 CFR 400.4 for the term 
Institution of higher education for an institution that provides not 
less than a two-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward a 
bachelor's degree; and
    (2) Includes tribally controlled community colleges.
    Institution of higher education includes an institution offering 
apprenticeship programs of at least two years beyond the completion of 
secondary school, and includes, in addition to the institutions covered 
by the definition of the term institution of higher education in 34 CFR 
400.4, a--
    (1) Proprietary institution of higher education;
    (2) Postsecondary vocational institution;
    (3) Department, division, or other administrative unit in a college 
or university that provides primarily or exclusively an accredited 
program of education in professional nursing and allied subjects leading 
to the degree of bachelor of nursing, or to be an equivalent degree, or 
to a graduate degree in nursing; and
    (4) Department, division, or other administrative unit in a junior 
college, community college, college, or university that provides 
primarily or exclusively an accredited two-year program of education in 
professional nursing and allied subjects leading to an associate degree 
in nursing or an equivalent degree.
    Tech-prep education program means a combined secondary and 
postsecondary program that--
    (1) Leads to an associate degree or two-year certificate;
    (2) Provides technical preparation in at least one field of 
engineering technology, applied science, mechanical, industrial, or 
practical art or trade, or agriculture, health, or business;
    (3) Builds student competence in mathematics, science, and 
communications (including through applied academics) through a 
sequential course of study; and
    (4) Leads to placement in employment.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1088 and 2394e)