86R13155 KSD-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 4507
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of funds under the Jobs and Education for
Texans (JET) Grant Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 134.004, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The commission shall allocate at least 25 percent of the
funds available for grants under this chapter in a state fiscal year
to grants to public junior colleges, public technical institutes,
public state colleges, and independent school districts all or part
of which are located in a county that has an unemployment rate that
is greater than the state average unemployment rate, a per capita
income that is less than the state average per capita income, and a
per capita poverty rate exceeding 1-1/2 times the per capita state
poverty rate. The commission shall adopt rules to administer this
subsection, including for identifying entities that qualify for
grants under this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with grants awarded
for the state fiscal year that begins September 1, 2020.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.