83R398 JRJ-F
By: J. Davis of Harris, Reynolds H.B. No. 437
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to career and technical education programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 134.004, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 134.004. JOBS AND EDUCATION FOR TEXANS (JET) GRANT
PROGRAM. (a) The comptroller shall establish and administer the
Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program to provide grants
to public junior colleges and [,] public technical institutes[, and
eligible nonprofit organizations] that apply to the advisory board
in the manner prescribed by the advisory board. The comptroller
shall award the grants on the advice and recommendations of the
advisory board.
(b) Grants may be awarded under this chapter from the Jobs
and Education for Texans (JET) fund [for the following purposes:
[(1) to develop, support, or expand programs of
nonprofit organizations that meet the requirements of Section
134.005 and that prepare low-income students for careers in
high-demand occupations;
[(2)] to defray the start-up costs associated with the
development of new career and technical education programs at
public junior colleges and public technical institutes that meet
the requirements of Section 134.006[; and
[(3) to provide scholarships for students in career and
technical education programs who meet the requirements of Section
134.007].
SECTION 2. (a) Sections 134.001(1), 134.005, and 134.007,
Education Code, are repealed.
(b) Subchapter O, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. A person receiving a scholarship or other
financial assistance under Chapter 134, Education Code, or
Subchapter O, Chapter 403, Government Code, before the effective
date of this Act for the 2013-2014 academic year may continue to
receive a scholarship or other financial assistance under that law
as applicable to the person immediately before the effective date,
until the person is no longer eligible for the scholarship or other
assistance under Chapter 134, Education Code, or Subchapter O,
Chapter 403, Government Code, as the applicable law exists on
January 1, 2013, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.