[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR472.5]

[Page 141-142]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 472_NATIONAL WORKPLACE LITERACY PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 472.5  What definitions apply?

    (a) The definitions in 34 CFR 460.4 apply to this part.
    (b) The following definitions also apply to this part:
    Adult worker means an individual who has attained 16 years of age or 
who is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance under State law, 
and whose receipt of project services is expected to result in new 
employment, enhanced skills related to continued employment, career 
advancement, or increased productivity.
    Area vocational school means--
    (1) A specialized high school used exclusively or principally for 
the provision of vocational education to individuals who are available 
for study in preparation for entering the labor market;
    (2) The department of a high school exclusively or principally used 
for providing vocational education in no less than five different 
occupational fields to individuals who are available for study in 
preparation for entering the labor market;
    (3) A technical institute or vocational school used exclusively or 
principally for the provision of vocational education to individuals who 
have completed or left high school and who are available for study in 
preparation for entering the labor market; or
    (4) The department or division of a junior college or community 
college or university operating under the policies of the State board 
and that provides vocational education in no less than five different 
occupational fields leading to immediate employment but not necessarily 
leading to a baccalaureate degree, if, in the case of a school, 
department, or division described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this 
definition it admits as regular students both individuals who have 
completed high school and individuals who have left high school.


(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2471)

    Business and industry organizations include, but are not limited 
to--
    (1) For-profit businesses or industrial concerns;
    (2) Nonprofit businesses or industrial concerns, such as hospitals 
and nursing homes;
    (3) Associations of business and industry organizations, such as 
local or State Chambers of Commerce;
    (4) Associations of private industry councils; and
    (5) Educational associations--such as the American Association for 
Adult and Continuing Education, the American Council on Education, the 
National Association for Bilingual Education, the National Association 
of Independent Colleges and Universities, or the National Association of 
Technical and Trade Schools.
    Contractor means an individual or organization other than a partner 
that provides specific and limited services, equipment, or supplies to a 
partnership under a contractual agreement.
    Employment and training agency includes any nonprofit agency that 
provides--as a substantial portion of its activity--employment and 
training services, either directly or through contract.
    Helping organization means an entity other than a partner that 
voluntarily assists a partnership by providing services, technical 
assistance, or cash or in-kind contributions to the project. Helping 
organizations may not be recipients of funds from partners or serve as 
contractors.
    Partner means an entity included in the list of entities in Sec. 
472.2(a) (1) or (2).

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    Private industry council means the private industry council 
established under section 102 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 
U.S.C. 1512).
    Project director means the person with day-to-day operational 
responsibility for the project.
    Site means an entity other than a partner that participates in a 
project by providing adult workers to be trained and, at the site's 
option, space for this training. A site may not be a recipient of funds 
from partners or serve as a contractor.
    Small business means a business entity that--
    (1) Is organized for profit, with a place of business located in the 
United States and that makes a significant contribution to the U.S. 
economy through payment of taxes or use of American products, materials, 
or labor, or both; and
    (2) May be in the legal form of an individual proprietorship, 
partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, trust or a 
cooperative, except that if the form is a joint venture, there can be no 
more than 49 percent participation by foreign business entities in the 
joint venture; and
    (3) Meets the requirements found in 13 CFR part 121 concerning 
Standard Industrial Classification codes and size standards.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a))

[54 FR 34418, Aug. 18, 1989. Redesignated at 57 FR 24091, June 5, 1992, 
and amended at 59 FR 1443, Jan. 10, 1994]

Subpart B [Reserved]