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1		-	By: Clardy (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 3062
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
3		-	May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
4		-	Education; May 13, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program.
12	6		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	7		SECTION 1. Section 134.001, Education Code, is amended by
14	8		adding Subdivision (1) to read as follows:
15	9		(1) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce
16	10		Commission.
17	11		SECTION 2. Section 134.002(a), Education Code, is amended
18	12		to read as follows:
19	13		(a) The commission [comptroller] shall establish and
20	14		administer the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) fund as a
21	15		dedicated account in the general revenue fund.
22	16		SECTION 3. Section 134.003, Education Code, is amended to
23	17		read as follows:
24	18		Sec. 134.003. ADVISORY BOARD. (a) An advisory board of
25	19		education and workforce stakeholders is created to assist the
26	20		commission [comptroller] in administering this chapter.
27	21		(b) The advisory board is composed of six [seven] members
28	22		who serve two-year terms and are appointed as follows:
29	23		(1) one member appointed by the governor;
30	24		(2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor;
31	25		(3) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of
32	26		representatives;
33	27		(4) one member appointed by the Texas Higher Education
34	28		Coordinating Board;
35	29		(5) one member appointed by the commission [Texas
36	30		Workforce Commission]; and
37	31		(6) the chair of the commission [one member of the
38	32		public appointed by the comptroller; and
39	33		[(7) the comptroller], who serves as the presiding
40	34		officer.
41	35		(c) The advisory board shall meet at least once each
42	36		quarter, or as needed, to review received applications and
43	37		recommend awarding grants under this chapter.
44	38		SECTION 4. Section 134.004, Education Code, is amended to
45	39		read as follows:
46	40		Sec. 134.004. JOBS AND EDUCATION FOR TEXANS (JET) GRANT
47	41		PROGRAM. (a) The commission [comptroller] shall establish and
48	42		administer the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program to
49	43		provide grants to public junior colleges, [and] public technical
50	44		institutes, and independent school districts described under
51	45		Section 134.007 that apply to the advisory board in the manner
52	46		prescribed by the advisory board. The commission [comptroller]
53	47		shall award the grants on the advice and recommendations of the
54	48		advisory board.
55	49		(b) Grants may be awarded under this chapter from the Jobs
56	50		and Education for Texans (JET) fund to defray the start-up costs
57	51		associated with the development of new career and technical
58	52		education programs at public junior colleges, [and] public
59	53		technical institutes, and independent school districts described
60	54		under Section 134.007 that meet the requirements of Section
61	55		134.006.
62	56		SECTION 5. Sections 134.006(a), (c), and (d), Education
63	57		Code, are amended to read as follows:
64	58		(a) The commission [comptroller] may award a grant for the
65	59		development of new career and technical education courses or
66	60		programs at public junior colleges, [and] public technical
67	61		institutes, and independent school districts.
68	62		(c) In awarding a grant under this section, the commission
69	63		[comptroller] shall primarily consider the potential economic
70	64		returns to the state from the development of the career and
71	65		technical education course or program. The commission
72	66		[comptroller] may also consider whether the course or program:
73	67		(1) is part of a new, emerging industry or high-demand
74	68		occupation;
75	69		(2) offers new or expanded dual credit career and
76	70		technical educational opportunities in public high schools; or
77	71		(3) is provided in cooperation with other public
78	72		junior colleges or public technical institutes across existing
79	73		service areas.
80	74		(d) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a
81	75		public junior college, [or] public technical institute, or
82	76		independent school district described under Section 134.007 must
83	77		provide matching funds in accordance with rules adopted under
84	78		Section 134.008. The matching funds may be obtained from any source
85	79		available to the public junior college, public [or] technical
86	80		institute, or independent school district, including [in-kind
87	81		contributions,] industry consortia, community or foundation
88	82		grants, individual contributions, and local governmental agency
89	83		operating funds.
90	84		SECTION 6. Chapter 134, Education Code, is amended by
91	85		adding Section 134.007 to read as follows:
92	86		Sec. 134.007. GRANTS AWARDED TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
93	87		DISTRICT. The commission may award a grant to an independent school
94	88		district under this chapter if the district has entered into a
95	89		partnership with a public junior college or public technical
96	90		institute for the purpose of:
97	91		(1) promoting career and technical education to the
98	92		district's students; or
99	93		(2) offering dual credit courses to the district's
100	94		students.
101	95		SECTION 7. Section 134.008, Education Code, is amended to
102	96		read as follows:
103	97		Sec. 134.008. RULES. The commission [comptroller] shall
104	98		adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this chapter.
105	99		SECTION 8. (a) Not later than September 1, 2015:
106	100		(1) the administration of the Jobs and Education for
107	101		Texans Grant Program shall be transferred from the comptroller to
108	102		the Texas Workforce Commission;
109	103		(2) all rules, forms, policies, procedures, or
110	104		decisions of the comptroller that are related to the Jobs and
111	105		Education for Texans Grant Program are continued in effect as
112	106		rules, forms, policies, procedures, or decisions of the Texas
113	107		Workforce Commission until superseded by a rule or other
114	108		appropriate act of the Texas Workforce Commission;
115	109		(3) all money, obligations, memoranda of
116	110		understanding, leases, rights, and contracts, including grant
117	111		agreements, of the comptroller related to the Jobs and Education
118	112		for Texans Grant Program are transferred to the Texas Workforce
119	113		Commission, and the Texas Workforce Commission assumes, without a
120	114		change in status, the position of the comptroller in all
121	115		transferred contracts, including grant agreements, related to the
122	116		Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program;
123	117		(4) records in the custody of the comptroller related
124	118		to the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program are transferred
125	119		to and become the property of the Texas Workforce Commission; and
126	120		(5) a reference in law or administrative rule to the
127	121		comptroller relating to the administration of the Jobs and
128	122		Education for Texans Grant Program means the Texas Workforce
129	123		Commission.
130	124		(b) Before the transfer of the administration of the Jobs
131	125		and Education for Texans Grant Program, the comptroller and the
132	126		Texas Workforce Commission shall coordinate the transfer of powers
133	127		and duties, including records, appropriations, disbursements,
134	128		compliance audits, monitoring and enforcement, and other items, to
135	129		ensure a smooth transition.
136	130		SECTION 9. An independent school district may be awarded a
137	131		grant in accordance with Section 134.007, Education Code, as added
138	132		by this Act, beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year.
139	133		SECTION 10. This Act takes effect immediately if it
140	134		receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
141	135		house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
142	136		If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
143	137		effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	138	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	139	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	140	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3062 was passed by the House on April
	141	+	23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 2 present, not
	142	+	voting.
	143	+	______________________________
	144	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	145	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3062 was passed by the Senate on May
	146	+	20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	147	+	______________________________
	148	+	Secretary of the Senate
	149	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	150	+	Date
	151	+	_____________________
	152	+	Governor