Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB395 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R3707 MEW-D
2	2	By: Bell H.B. No. 395
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the career and technology education allotment and the
8	8	essential knowledge and skills of the career and technology
9	9	education and technology applications curriculums.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Sections 42.154(a), (b), (c), and (e), Education
12	12	Code, are amended to read as follows:
13	13	(a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily
14	14	attendance in an approved career and technology education program
15	15	or an approved technology applications course in grades nine
16	16	through 12 or in career and technology education programs for
17	17	students with disabilities in grades seven through 12, a district
18	18	is entitled to:
19	19	(1) an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic
20	20	allotment multiplied by a weight of 1.35; and
21	21	(2) $50, if the student is enrolled in:
22	22	(A) two or more advanced career and technology
23	23	education courses [classes] for a total of three or more credits;
24	24	(B) two or more advanced technology applications
25	25	courses for a total of three or more credits; or
26	26	(C) [(B)] an advanced course as part of a
27	27	tech-prep program under Subchapter T, Chapter 61.
28	28	(b) In this section, "full-time equivalent student" means
29	29	30 hours of contact a week between a student and career and
30	30	technology education program or technology applications personnel.
31	31	(c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an
32	32	indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education
33	33	rule, must be used in providing career and technology education
34	34	programs and technology applications courses in grades nine through
35	35	12 or career and technology education programs for students with
36	36	disabilities in grades seven through 12 under Sections 29.182,
37	37	29.183, and 29.184.
38	38	(e) Out of the total statewide allotment [for career and
39	39	technology education] under this section, the commissioner shall
40	40	set aside an amount specified in the General Appropriations Act,
41	41	which may not exceed an amount equal to one percent of the total
42	42	amount appropriated, to support regional career and technology
43	43	education planning. After deducting the amount set aside under
44	44	this subsection from the total amount appropriated for career and
45	45	technology education and technology applications under this
46	46	section, the commissioner shall reduce each district's tier one
47	47	allotments in the same manner described for a reduction in
48	48	allotments under Section 42.253.
49	49	SECTION 2. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to
50	50	read as follows:
51	51	(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not
52	52	including the time students spend each day in special education
53	53	programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream
54	54	programs, [or] career and technology education programs, or
55	55	technology applications courses, for which an additional allotment
56	56	is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment
57	57	equal to the lesser of $4,765 or the amount that results from the
58	58	following formula:
59	59	A = $4,765 X (DCR/MCR)
60	60	where:
61	61	"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
62	62	"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the
63	63	product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
64	64	Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax
65	65	rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and
66	66	"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the
67	67	product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
68	68	Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50.
69	69	SECTION 3. Not later than March 1, 2019, the State Board of
70	70	Education shall:
71	71	(1) conduct a review of the essential knowledge and
72	72	skills of the career and technology and technology applications
73	73	curriculums; and
74	74	(2) amend the board's rules in the Texas
75	75	Administrative Code to consolidate the technology applications
76	76	courses for grades nine through 12 in 19 T.A.C. Chapter 126,
77	77	Subchapter C, with the career and technology courses in 19 T.A.C.
78	78	Chapter 130, and eliminate duplicative courses while ensuring
79	79	certifications are aligned with the rigor of each individual
80	80	course.
81	81	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
82	82	school year.
83	83	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
84	84	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
85	85	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
86	86	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
87	87	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.