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repealed.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