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1	1	By: Hinojosa, et al. S.B. No. 975
2	2	(Munoz, Jr., Patrick)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the operation of dropout recovery programs by certain
8	8	public junior colleges in partnership with school districts.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding
11	11	Subchapter K to read as follows:
12	12	SUBCHAPTER K. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT
13	13	PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO PROVIDE DROPOUT RECOVERY
14	14	Sec. 29.401. APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter applies
15	15	only to a public junior college, as defined by Section 61.003,
16	16	located in a county:
17	17	(1) with a population of 750,000 or more; and
18	18	(2) with less than 65 percent of the population 25
19	19	years and older having graduated from high school, according to the
20	20	most recent American Community Survey five-year estimates compiled
21	21	by the United States Census Bureau.
22	22	(b) The application of this subchapter to a public junior
23	23	college is not affected if, after the public junior college enters
24	24	into a partnership and begins providing a dropout recovery program
25	25	as provided by this subchapter, the county's demographics under
26	26	Subsection (a)(2) change and the county no longer meets the
27	27	requirements under Subsection (a)(2).
28	28	(c) This subchapter applies only to a school district with a
29	29	dropout rate that is higher than 15 percent. The application of
30	30	this subchapter to a district is not affected if, after the district
31	31	enters into a partnership as provided by this subchapter, the
32	32	district's dropout rate changes and the district no longer meets
33	33	the requirements under this subsection.
34	34	(d) This section expires September 1, 2013.
35	35	Sec. 29.402. PARTNERSHIP. (a) Beginning September 1,
36	36	2012, a public junior college may enter into an articulation
37	37	agreement to partner with one or more school districts located in
38	38	the public junior college district to provide on the campus of the
39	39	public junior college a dropout recovery program for students
40	40	described by Subsection (b) to successfully complete and receive a
41	41	diploma from a high school of the appropriate partnering school
42	42	district.
43	43	(b) A person who is under 26 years of age is eligible to
44	44	enroll in a dropout recovery program under this subchapter if the
45	45	person:
46	46	(1) must complete not more than three course credits
47	47	to complete the curriculum requirements for the minimum,
48	48	recommended, or advanced high school program, as appropriate, for
49	49	high school graduation; or
50	50	(2) has failed to perform satisfactorily on an
51	51	end-of-course assessment instrument administered under Section
52	52	39.023(c) or an assessment instrument administered under Section
53	53	39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312
54	54	(S.B. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007.
55	55	(c) A public junior college under this section shall:
56	56	(1) design a dropout recovery curriculum that includes
57	57	career and technology education courses that lead to industry or
58	58	career certification;
59	59	(2) integrate into the dropout recovery curriculum
60	60	research-based strategies to assist students in becoming able
61	61	academically to pursue postsecondary education, including:
62	62	(A) high quality, college readiness instruction
63	63	with strong academic and social supports;
64	64	(B) secondary to postsecondary bridging that
65	65	builds college readiness skills, provides a plan for college
66	66	completion, and ensures transition counseling; and
67	67	(C) information concerning appropriate supports
68	68	available in the first year of postsecondary enrollment to ensure
69	69	postsecondary persistence and success, to the extent funds are
70	70	available for the purpose;
71	71	(3) offer advanced academic and transition
72	72	opportunities, including dual credit courses and college
73	73	preparatory courses, such as advanced placement courses; and
74	74	(4) coordinate with each partnering school district to
75	75	provide in the articulation agreement that the district retains
76	76	accountability for student attendance, student completion of high
77	77	school course requirements, and student performance on assessment
78	78	instruments as necessary for the student to receive a diploma from a
79	79	high school of the partnering school district.
80	80	(d) A dropout recovery program provided under this
81	81	subchapter must comply with the requirements of Sections 29.081(e)
82	82	and (f).
83	83	Sec. 29.403. FINANCING. (a) A public junior college
84	84	district may receive from each partnering school district for each
85	85	student from that district enrolled in a dropout recovery program
86	86	under this subchapter an amount negotiated between the junior
87	87	college district and that partnering district not to exceed the
88	88	total average per student funding amount in that district during
89	89	the preceding school year for maintenance and operations, including
90	90	state and local funding, but excluding money from the available
91	91	school fund.
92	92	(b) A student who is enrolled in a program under this
93	93	subchapter is included in determining the average daily attendance
94	94	under Section 42.005 of the partnering school district.
95	95	Sec. 29.404. OTHER FUNDING. (a) To the extent consistent
96	96	with the General Appropriations Act, a public junior college under
97	97	this subchapter is eligible to receive dropout prevention and
98	98	intervention program funds appropriated to the agency.
99	99	(b) A public junior college under this subchapter may
100	100	receive gifts, grants, and donations to use for the purposes of this
101	101	subchapter.
102	102	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
103	103	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
104	104	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
105	105	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
106	106	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.