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| 1 | 1 | 86R13155 KSD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Lucio III H.B. No. 4507 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the allocation of funds under the Jobs and Education for | |
| 8 | 8 | Texans (JET) Grant Program. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 134.004, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) The commission shall allocate at least 25 percent of the | |
| 13 | 13 | funds available for grants under this chapter in a state fiscal year | |
| 14 | 14 | to grants to public junior colleges, public technical institutes, | |
| 15 | 15 | public state colleges, and independent school districts all or part | |
| 16 | 16 | of which are located in a county that has an unemployment rate that | |
| 17 | 17 | is greater than the state average unemployment rate, a per capita | |
| 18 | 18 | income that is less than the state average per capita income, and a | |
| 19 | 19 | per capita poverty rate exceeding 1-1/2 times the per capita state | |
| 20 | 20 | poverty rate. The commission shall adopt rules to administer this | |
| 21 | 21 | subsection, including for identifying entities that qualify for | |
| 22 | 22 | grants under this subsection. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with grants awarded | |
| 24 | 24 | for the state fiscal year that begins September 1, 2020. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |