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1		-	H.B. No. 114
	1	+	By: White, Minjarez, Dominguez H.B. No. 114
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Birdwell)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019;
	4	+	April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	5	+	Veteran Affairs & Border Security; April 26, 2019, reported
	6	+	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 26, 2019,
	7	+	sent to printer.)
	8	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to providing public high school students information
6	14		regarding the availability of college credit awarded for military
7	15		experience, education, and training obtained during military
8	16		service.
9	17		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	18		SECTION 1. Section 33.007, Education Code, is amended by
11	19		amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-2) to read as
12	20		follows:
13	21		(b) During the first school year a student is enrolled in a
14	22		high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment
15	23		charter school, and again during each year of a student's
16	24		enrollment in high school or at the high school level, a school
17	25		counselor shall provide information about postsecondary education
18	26		to the student and the student's parent or guardian. The
19	27		information must include information regarding:
20	28		(1) the importance of postsecondary education;
21	29		(2) the advantages of earning an endorsement and a
22	30		performance acknowledgment and completing the distinguished level
23	31		of achievement under the foundation high school program under
24	32		Section 28.025;
25	33		(3) the disadvantages of taking courses to prepare for
26	34		a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits of
27	35		taking courses leading to a high school diploma;
28	36		(4) financial aid eligibility;
29	37		(5) instruction on how to apply for federal financial
30	38		aid;
31	39		(6) the center for financial aid information
32	40		established under Section 61.0776;
33	41		(7) the automatic admission of certain students to
34	42		general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section
35	43		51.803;
36	44		(8) the eligibility and academic performance
37	45		requirements for the TEXAS Grant as provided by Subchapter M,
38	46		Chapter 56;
39	47		(9) the availability of programs in the district under
40	48		which a student may earn college credit, including advanced
41	49		placement programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and
42	50		college credit programs, and international baccalaureate programs;
43	51		[and]
44	52		(10) the availability of education and training
45	53		vouchers and tuition and fee waivers to attend an institution of
46	54		higher education as provided by Section 54.366 for a student who is
47	55		or was previously in the conservatorship of the Department of
48	56		Family and Protective Services; and
49	57		(11) the availability of college credit awarded by
50	58		institutions of higher education to veterans and military
51	59		servicemembers for military experience, education, and training
52	60		obtained during military service as described by the informational
53	61		materials developed under Section 302.0031(h), Labor Code.
54	62		(b-2) Information provided under Subsection (b)(11) must
55	63		explain to any student who is enlisted or intends to enlist in the
56	64		armed forces of the United States the informational materials
57	65		developed under Section 302.0031(h), Labor Code.
58	66		SECTION 2. Section 302.0031, Labor Code, is amended by
59	67		adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
60	68		(h) For purposes of Section 33.007(b)(11), Education Code,
61	69		the commission, in cooperation with the Texas Higher Education
62	70		Coordinating Board, shall develop and annually make available to
63	71		each school district and each open-enrollment charter school that
64	72		offers a high school program informational materials regarding the
65	73		availability of college credit awarded by institutions of higher
66	74		education to veterans and military servicemembers for military
67	75		experience, education, and training obtained during military
68	76		service, including information regarding the program under this
69	77		section.
70	78		SECTION 3. Section 33.007, Education Code, as amended by
71	79		this Act, applies beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.
72	80		SECTION 4. Not later than September 1, 2020, the Texas
73	81		Workforce Commission, in cooperation with the Texas Higher
74	82		Education Coordinating Board, shall develop and make available to
75	83		each school district and each open-enrollment charter school that
76	84		offers a high school program the informational materials required
77	85		under Section 302.0031(h), Labor Code, as added by this Act.
78	86		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
79	87		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
80	88		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
81	89		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
82	90		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
83		-	______________________________ ______________________________
84		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
85		-	I certify that H.B. No. 114 was passed by the House on April
86		-	9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 1 present, not
87		-	voting.
88		-	______________________________
89		-	Chief Clerk of the House
90		-	I certify that H.B. No. 114 was passed by the Senate on May 3,
91		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
92		-	______________________________
93		-	Secretary of the Senate
94		-	APPROVED: _____________________
95		-	Date
96		-	_____________________
97		-	Governor
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