Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB47 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R2156 JSA-D
2	2	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 47
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the transfer of certain functions regarding career and
8	8	technology education from the Texas Education Agency to the Texas
9	9	Higher Education Coordinating Board.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 7.109, Education Code, is transferred to
12	12	Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, redesignated as Section
13	13	61.0764, Education Code, and amended to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 61.0764 [7.109]. DESIGNATION AS STATE BOARD FOR
15	15	CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. (a) The board is also the State
16	16	Board for Career and Technology Education.
17	17	(b) The commissioner of higher education is the executive
18	18	officer through whom the State Board for Career and Technology
19	19	Education shall carry out its policies and enforce its rules.
20	20	(c) The State Board for Career and Technology Education may
21	21	contract with the Texas Education Agency [Texas Higher Education
22	22	Coordinating Board] or any other state agency to assume the
23	23	leadership role and administrative responsibility of the State
24	24	Board for Career and Technology Education for state level
25	25	administration of technical-vocational education programs in
26	26	school districts, charter schools, and other eligible primary or
27	27	secondary educational institutions [public community colleges,
28	28	public technical institutes, and other eligible public
29	29	postsecondary institutions] in this state.
30	30	(d) The State Board for Career and Technology Education may
31	31	allocate funds appropriated to the board by the legislature or
32	32	federal funds received by the board under the Carl D. Perkins
33	33	Vocational Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 2301 et seq.) or other
34	34	federal law to an institution or program approved by the Texas
35	35	Education Agency [State Board of Education, the Texas Higher
36	36	Education Coordinating Board,] or another state agency specified by
37	37	law.
38	38	SECTION 2. Section 29.182, Education Code, is transferred
39	39	to Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, redesignated as
40	40	Section 61.0765, Education Code, and amended to read as follows:
41	41	Sec. 61.0765 [29.182]. STATE PLAN FOR CAREER AND
42	42	TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. (a) The board, in consultation with the
43	43	Texas Education Agency, [agency] shall prepare and biennially
44	44	update a state plan for career and technology education that sets
45	45	forth objectives for career and technology education for the next
46	46	biennium and long-term goals for the following five years.
47	47	(b) The state plan must include procedures designed to
48	48	ensure that:
49	49	(1) all secondary and postsecondary students have the
50	50	opportunity to participate in career and technology education
51	51	programs;
52	52	(2) the state complies with requirements for
53	53	supplemental federal career and technology education funding; and
54	54	(3) career and technology education is established as
55	55	a part of the total education system of this state.
56	56	SECTION 3. Section 29.183(b), Education Code, is amended to
57	57	read as follows:
58	58	(b) In developing a career and technology program, the board
59	59	of trustees shall consider the state plan for career and technology
60	60	education required under Section 61.0765 [29.182].
61	61	SECTION 4. Section 29.184(a), Education Code, is amended to
62	62	read as follows:
63	63	(a) The board of trustees of a school district may contract
64	64	with another school district or with a public or private
65	65	postsecondary educational institution or trade or technical school
66	66	that is regulated by this state, as designated in the state plan for
67	67	career and technology education required under Section 61.0765
68	68	[29.182], to provide career and technology classes for students in
69	69	the district.
70	70	SECTION 5. Section 29.187(c), Education Code, is amended to
71	71	read as follows:
72	72	(c) In developing a program under this section, the board of
73	73	trustees of a school district shall consider the state plan for
74	74	career and technology education required under Section 61.0765
75	75	[29.182].
76	76	SECTION 6. Section 61.076(g), Education Code, is amended to
77	77	read as follows:
78	78	(g) The council shall advise the board and the State Board
79	79	of Education on the coordination of postsecondary career and
80	80	technology activities, career and technology teacher education
81	81	programs offered or proposed to be offered in the colleges and
82	82	universities of this state, and other relevant matters, including:
83	83	(1) coordinating postsecondary career and technology
84	84	education and the articulation between postsecondary career and
85	85	technology education and secondary career and technology
86	86	education;
87	87	(2) facilitating the transfer of responsibilities for
88	88	the administration of postsecondary career and technology
89	89	education from the State Board of Education to the board in
90	90	accordance with Section 111(a)(I) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational
91	91	Education Act (Pub. L. No. 98-524);
92	92	(3) advising the board [State Board of Education],
93	93	when it acts as the State Board for Career and Technology Education,
94	94	on the following:
95	95	(A) the transfer of federal funds to the Texas
96	96	Education Agency [board] for allotment to eligible school districts
97	97	or other eligible entities [public postsecondary institutions of
98	98	higher education];
99	99	(B) the career and technology education funding
100	100	for projects and institutions as determined by the board when the
101	101	State Board for Career and Technology Education is required by
102	102	federal law to endorse those determinations;
103	103	(C) the development and updating of the state
104	104	plan for career and technology education and the evaluation of
105	105	programs, services, and activities of postsecondary career and
106	106	technology education and amendments to the state plan for career
107	107	and technology education as may relate to postsecondary education;
108	108	(D) other matters related to postsecondary
109	109	career and technology education; and
110	110	(E) the coordination of curricula, instructional
111	111	programs, research, and other functions as appropriate, including
112	112	school-to-work and school-to-college transition programs and
113	113	professional development activities; and
114	114	(4) advising the Texas Workforce Investment Council on
115	115	educational policy issues related to workforce preparation.
116	116	SECTION 7. (a) The transfer of the powers and duties of the
117	117	State Board for Career and Technology Education from the Texas
118	118	Education Agency to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
119	119	as provided by this Act does not affect the validity of an action
120	120	taken by the State Board for Career and Technology Education before
121	121	the effective date of this Act, and those actions, including the
122	122	adoption of any rules, remain in effect on and after the effective
123	123	date.
124	124	(b) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the
125	125	validity of the Texas State Plan for Career and Technical
126	126	Education, 2008-2013, and that plan continues in effect on the
127	127	effective date of this Act as if approved by the Texas Higher
128	128	Education Coordinating Board, subject to any revision or other
129	129	action authorized by law by the coordinating board.
130	130	(c) An appropriation made before the effective date of this
131	131	Act to the Texas Education Agency for the administration of a power
132	132	or duty transferred by this Act to the Texas Higher Education
133	133	Coordinating Board continues in effect as an appropriation made to
134	134	the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
135	135	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.