85S10825 MEW-F
By: Cortez H.B. No. 178
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for public school career and technology
programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.154(a), Education Code, as effective
September 1, 2017, 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 eight [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 1.35; and
(2) $50, if the student is enrolled in two or more
advanced career and technology education classes for a total of
three or more credits.
SECTION 2. Section 42.154(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an
indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education
rule, must be used in providing career and technology education
programs in grades eight [nine] through 12 or career and technology
education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven
through 12 under Sections 29.182, 29.183, and 29.184.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if it
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive that vote, this Act takes effect on the
91st day after the last day of the legislative session.