| 1 | 1 | | 85S10825 MEW-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cortez H.B. No. 178 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to funding for public school career and technology |
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| 8 | 8 | | programs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.154(a), Education Code, as effective |
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| 11 | 11 | | September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily |
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| 13 | 13 | | attendance in an approved career and technology education program |
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| 14 | 14 | | in grades eight [nine] through 12 or in career and technology |
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| 15 | 15 | | education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven |
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| 16 | 16 | | through 12, a district is entitled to: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic |
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| 18 | 18 | | allotment multiplied by a weight of 1.35; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) $50, if the student is enrolled in two or more |
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| 20 | 20 | | advanced career and technology education classes for a total of |
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| 21 | 21 | | three or more credits. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 42.154(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 23 | 23 | | read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an |
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| 25 | 25 | | indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education |
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| 26 | 26 | | rule, must be used in providing career and technology education |
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| 27 | 27 | | programs in grades eight [nine] through 12 or career and technology |
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| 28 | 28 | | education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven |
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| 29 | 29 | | through 12 under Sections 29.182, 29.183, and 29.184. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if it |
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| 31 | 31 | | receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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| 32 | 32 | | house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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| 33 | 33 | | If this Act does not receive that vote, this Act takes effect on the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 91st day after the last day of the legislative session. |
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