Resource Guide - Texas Workforce Commission

Texas Education Code Career Schools and Colleges Chapter 132
CHAPTER 132.
CAREER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Subchapter A.
Sec. 132.001.
General Provisions
Definitions.
In this chapter:
(1) "Career school or college" means any business enterprise operated for a profit or on a nonprofit
basis that maintains a place of business within this state or solicits business within this state, that
is not specifically exempted by this chapter, and:
(A)
(B)
that offers or maintains a course or courses of instruction or study; or
at which place of business such a course or courses of instruction or study are available
through classroom instruction or by distance education, or both, to a person for the
purpose of training or preparing the person for a field of endeavor in a business, trade,
technical, or industrial occupation, or for avocational or personal improvement.
(2) "Owner" of a career school or college means:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
in the case of a career school or college owned by an individual, that individual;
in the case of a career school or college owned by a partnership, all full, silent, and
limited partners;
in the case of a career school or college owned by a corporation, the corporation, its
directors, officers, and each shareholder owning shares of issued and outstanding stock
aggregating at least 10 percent of the total of the issued and outstanding shares;
in the case of a career school or college in which the ownership interest is held in trust,
the beneficiary of that trust; or
in the case of a career school or college owned by another legal entity, a person who
owns at least 10 percent ownership interest in the entity.
(3) "School employee" means any person, other than an owner, who directly or indirectly receives
compensation from a career school or college for services rendered.
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