vocational educational training, which may include but not be limited to organized educational programs offering a sequence of courses which are directly related to the preparation of individuals for current or emerging occupations requirin
(i) vocational educational training, which may include but not be limited to organized educational programs offering a sequence of courses which are directly related to the preparation of individuals for current or emerging occupations requiring other than a baccalaureate or advanced degree. Such programs may include competency-based applied learning which contributes to an individual's academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning, and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, and the occupational- specific skills necessary for economic independence. Such term may also include applied technology education;
(a)when a social services district contracts with a proprietary vocational school to provide vocational educational training to individuals assigned in accordance with the provisions of this section, not more than 25 percent of the duration of#
(a) when a social services district contracts with a proprietary vocational school to provide vocational educational training to individuals assigned in accordance with the provisions of this section, not more than 25 percent of the duration of such program can be devoted to preparation for a high school equivalency or to English as a second language;
(b)instructors employed by proprietary schools to prepare individuals for a high school equivalency certificate shall meet experience requirements established in regulation by the Commissioner of Education;#
(b) instructors employed by proprietary schools to prepare individuals for a high school equivalency certificate shall meet experience requirements established in regulation by the Commissioner of Education;
(c)individuals in need of basic literacy programs shall be referred to basic and remedial education rather than to vocational proprietary schools;#
(c) individuals in need of basic literacy programs shall be referred to basic and remedial education rather than to vocational proprietary schools;