By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 719
(In the Senate - Filed February 2, 2017; February 21, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
March 8, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; March 8, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
to collect and study data on the participation of persons with
intellectual disabilities in workforce education programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.0664(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The board shall collect and maintain data relating to:
(1) undergraduate and graduate level participation of
persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities at
institutions of higher education, including data regarding
applications for admission, admissions, retention, graduation, and
professional licensing; and
(2) participation of persons with intellectual and
developmental disabilities enrolled in a workforce education
program, including a workforce continuing education program, that
is eligible for state-appropriated formula funding, including data
regarding retention, graduation, and professional licensing.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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