Texas Education Code 136.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Education Code 136.001
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) “Coordinating board” means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(1-a) “Nonprofit organization” means an organization exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section 501(c)(3) of that code.
(2) “Nonprofit workforce intermediary and job training organization” means a nonprofit organization that engages in comprehensive long-term job training in partnership with a public junior college, public state college, or public technical institute and provides labor market intermediary services to participant students.
(3) “Program” means the Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant Program established under § 136.005.
(4) “Public junior college,” “public state college,” and “public technical institute” have the meanings assigned by § 61.003.
(5) “Veteran” means a person who has served in:
(A) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of the United States;
(B) the state military forces as defined by § 431.001, Government Code, other than the Texas State Guard; or
(C) an auxiliary service of one of those branches of the armed forces.