| 1 | 1 | | By: Lucio, et al. S.B. No. 860 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Farney, Keffer, Paddie, Longoria) |
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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 the provision of career and technology education |
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| 8 | 8 | | courses in certain partnership programs to provide high school |
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| 9 | 9 | | dropout recovery. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 29.402, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) A [Beginning September 1, 2012, a] public junior college |
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| 15 | 15 | | may enter into an articulation agreement to partner with one or more |
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| 16 | 16 | | school districts located in the public junior college district to |
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| 17 | 17 | | provide on the campus of the public junior college a dropout |
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| 18 | 18 | | recovery program for students described by Subsection (b) to |
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| 19 | 19 | | successfully complete and receive a diploma from a high school of |
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| 20 | 20 | | the appropriate partnering school district. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c-1) A public junior college under this section may partner |
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| 22 | 22 | | with a public technical institute, as defined by Section 61.003, to |
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| 23 | 23 | | provide, as part of the dropout recovery program curriculum, career |
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| 24 | 24 | | and technology education courses that lead to industry or career |
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| 25 | 25 | | certification. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 29.403, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 27 | 27 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) A public technical institute may receive from a |
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| 29 | 29 | | partnering public junior college for each student enrolled in a |
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| 30 | 30 | | career and technology education course as provided by Section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 29.402(c-1) an amount negotiated between the public technical |
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| 32 | 32 | | institute and the partnering public junior college. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 34 | 34 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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