85R2496 CAE-D
By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 883
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for career and technology programs in public
schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.154(a), Education Code, is 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 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 1.60 [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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.