| 1 | 1 | | 81R10183 JRJ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 4671 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to funding for career and technology education programs in |
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| 8 | 8 | | public schools. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.154, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c-2) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily |
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| 14 | 14 | | attendance in an approved career and technology education program |
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| 15 | 15 | | in grades eight [nine] through 12 or in career and technology |
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| 16 | 16 | | education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven |
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| 17 | 17 | | through 12, a district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to |
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| 18 | 18 | | the adjusted basic allotment multiplied by a weight of 1.35. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), funds [Funds] |
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| 20 | 20 | | allocated under this section, other than an indirect cost allotment |
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| 21 | 21 | | established under State Board of Education rule, may [must] be used |
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| 22 | 22 | | only to provide [in providing] career and technology education |
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| 23 | 23 | | programs in grades eight [nine] through 12 or career and technology |
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| 24 | 24 | | education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven |
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| 25 | 25 | | through 12 under Sections 29.182, 29.183, and 29.184. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c-1) Because career and technical student organizations |
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| 27 | 27 | | are an integral part of a career and technology education program, |
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| 28 | 28 | | funds allocated under this section may also be used to provide |
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| 29 | 29 | | funding to students and teachers for participation in activities |
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| 30 | 30 | | related to career and technical student organizations that are |
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| 31 | 31 | | supported by the agency and the State Board of Education. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c-2) A school district is entitled to additional funding to |
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| 33 | 33 | | reimburse district costs related to: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) administering to students assessment instruments |
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| 35 | 35 | | required for licensure, certification, or credit; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) training to prepare teachers to teach a career and |
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| 37 | 37 | | technology education course, including costs associated with |
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| 38 | 38 | | certification examinations, continuing education courses, or other |
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| 39 | 39 | | incentives approved by the agency; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (3) defraying the start-up costs associated with the |
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| 41 | 41 | | development of new career and technology education programs that |
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| 42 | 42 | | prepare students for career employment in occupations that are |
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| 43 | 43 | | identified by the agency as being in high-demand high technology |
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| 44 | 44 | | industries. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. Section 42.154(a-1), Education Code, is |
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| 46 | 46 | | repealed. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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| 48 | 48 | | school year. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 50 | 50 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 51 | 51 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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