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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 authorizing school districts to reimburse under the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Foundation School Program private employers for paid internships |
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| 9 | 9 | | provided to certain students in career and technology education |
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| 10 | 10 | | programs in the district. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 29.1871 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 29.1871. CONTRACT TO REIMBURSE FOR PAID INTERNSHIP. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) To encourage private employers to participate with school |
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| 16 | 16 | | districts in providing career and technology education to assist |
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| 17 | 17 | | students in developing the knowledge, skills, and competencies |
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| 18 | 18 | | necessary for a broad range of career opportunities, a school |
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| 19 | 19 | | district may contract with a private employer to reimburse the |
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| 20 | 20 | | employer for all or part of the cost of providing a paid internship |
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| 21 | 21 | | or similar program to a student participating in a career and |
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| 22 | 22 | | technology education program in the district. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) A contract described by Subsection (a) must: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) require the private employer to provide to the |
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| 25 | 25 | | school district's student a paid internship or similar program that |
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| 26 | 26 | | primarily promotes a public purpose of the district relating to |
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| 27 | 27 | | career and technology education; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) include provisions under which the school district |
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| 29 | 29 | | is granted sufficient control to ensure that the public purpose |
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| 30 | 30 | | under Subdivision (1) is accomplished and the district receives the |
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| 31 | 31 | | return benefit. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) In reimbursing a private employer under a contract under |
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| 33 | 33 | | Subsection (a), the school district may use funds allocated to the |
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| 34 | 34 | | district for career and technology education under Section 42.154. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. Section 42.154(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 36 | 36 | | read as follows: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an |
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| 38 | 38 | | indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education |
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| 39 | 39 | | rule, must be used: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) in providing career and technology education |
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| 41 | 41 | | programs in grades nine through 12 or career and technology |
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| 42 | 42 | | education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven |
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| 43 | 43 | | through 12 under Sections 29.182, 29.183, and 29.184; or |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) to reimburse private employers for providing paid |
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| 45 | 45 | | internships or similar programs to students in career and |
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| 46 | 46 | | technology education programs as provided by Section 29.1871. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 48 | 48 | | school year. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 50 | 50 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 51 | 51 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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