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(3) Offers instruction to the general public or in conjunction with New Jersey's workforce investment system; or,

(4) Charges tuition or other fees or costs, or receives public funding for the delivery of any of the above types of instruction.

"Qualifying school" shall not mean:

(1) Colleges and universities licensed by the Commission on Higher Education or other schools, institutions and entities which are otherwise regulated and approved pursuant to any other law or rule making process of this State;

(2) Employers offering instruction to their employees directly or through a contract instructor, where there is no cost to the employee and no profit to the employer; or

(3) Schools offering instruction for the purpose of self-enrichment, avocational, cultural, or recreational in nature.

"Regional" means a geographic configuration used to aggregate information as designated by the Center for Occupational Employment Information.

"Service provider," "training provider" or "provider" means a provider of employment and training services including but not limited to a private or public school or institution of higher education, a business, a labor organization or a community-based organization.

"State Employment and Training Commission" or "commission" means the "State Employment and Training Commission" created pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1989, c.293 (C.34:15C-2).

"State job training funds" means any moneys expended from the Workforce Development Partnership Fund created pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-9), the Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skills established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2001, c.152 (C.34:15D-21) or any other source of State moneys to obtain employment and training services or other employment-directed and workforce development programs and activities, including employment and training services as defined in section 3 of P.L.1992, c.43 (C.34:15D-3) and employment-directed and workforce development programs and activities as described in sections 2 and 4 of P.L.2004, c.39 (C.34:1A-1.3 and 34 :1A-1.5).

"Student outcome information" means information pertaining to individual enrollment, participation, and completion in any education or training program designed to provide workforce skills or provide supplemental education or training in a recognized occupation. This information shall include, but not be limited to, the participant's Social Security number, gender, date of birth, date of enrollment, any date of completion, date of termination, date of start in a job, date of