84R2482 JSL-D
By: Alvarado H.B. No. 1157
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for public school career and technology
education programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 42.154(a) and (c), Education Code, are
amended 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 seven [nine] through 12 [or in career and technology
education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven
through 12], a district is entitled to:
(1) an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic
allotment multiplied by a weight of 1.36 [1.35]; and
(2) $50, if the student is enrolled in:
(A) two or more advanced career and technology
education classes for a total of three or more credits; or
(B) an advanced course as part of a tech-prep
program under Subchapter T, Chapter 61.
(c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an
indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education
rule, must be used in providing career and technology education
programs in grades seven [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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.