Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 756
2		-	(Muñoz, Jr., Lopez)
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to the administration of the Jobs and Education for Texans
8	7		(JET) Grant Program.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. Section 134.001, Education Code, is amended by
11	10		adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows:
12	11		(1-a) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization
13	12		exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal
14	13		Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section
15	14		501(c)(3) of that code.
16	15		SECTION 2. Section 134.003, Education Code, is amended by
17	16		amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
18	17		follows:
19	18		(b) The advisory board is composed of eight [six] members
20	19		who serve two-year terms and are appointed as follows:
21	20		(1) one member appointed by the governor;
22	21		(2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor;
23	22		(3) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of
24	23		representatives;
25	24		(4) one member appointed by the Texas Higher Education
26	25		Coordinating Board;
27	26		(5) one member appointed by the commissioner of
28	27		education;
29	28		(6) two members [one member] appointed by the
30	29		commission, one of whom must represent a nonprofit organization
31	30		located in this state that provides, or has experience in
32	31		providing, training services that prepare low-income students for
33	32		careers in high-demand occupations; and
34	33		(7) [(6)] the chair of the commission, who serves as
35	34		the presiding officer.
36	35		(b-1) Before appointing the members described by Subsection
37	36		(b)(6), the commission shall publish a request for applications and
38	37		must consider appointing qualified individuals from among the
39	38		resulting applicant pool.
40	39		SECTION 3. Section 134.004, Education Code, is amended to
41	40		read as follows:
42	41		Sec. 134.004. JOBS AND EDUCATION FOR TEXANS (JET) GRANT
43	42		PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer the
44	43		Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program to provide grants
45	44		to public junior colleges, public technical institutes, public
46	45		state colleges, eligible nonprofit organizations, and independent
47	46		school districts described under Section 134.007 that apply to the
48	47		advisory board in the manner prescribed by the advisory board. The
49	48		commission shall award the grants on the advice and recommendations
50	49		of the advisory board.
51	50		(b) Grants may be awarded under this chapter from the Jobs
52	51		and Education for Texans (JET) fund for the following purposes:
53	52		(1) to develop, support, or expand programs of
54	53		nonprofit organizations that meet the requirements of Section
55	54		134.005 and that prepare low-income students for careers in
56	55		high-demand occupations; and
57	56		(2) to defray the start-up costs associated with the
58	57		development of new career and technical education programs at
59	58		public junior colleges, public technical institutes, public state
60	59		colleges, and independent school districts described under Section
61	60		134.007 that meet the requirements of Section 134.006.
62	61		SECTION 4. Chapter 134, Education Code, is amended by
63	62		adding Section 134.005 to read as follows:
64	63		Sec. 134.005. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR
65	64		INNOVATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS. (a) The commission may award
66	65		a grant to a nonprofit organization eligible under Subsection (b)
67	66		for the development, support, or expansion of programs to prepare
68	67		low-income students for careers in high-demand occupations.
69	68		(b) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a
70	69		nonprofit organization must:
71	70		(1) provide a program to offer assistance to
72	71		low-income students in preparing for, applying to, and enrolling in
73	72		a public junior college or public technical institute;
74	73		(2) be governed by a board or other governing
75	74		structure that includes recognized leaders of broad-based
76	75		community organizations and members of the local business
77	76		community;
78	77		(3) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the advisory
79	78		board that the organization's program has achieved or will achieve
80	79		the following measures of success among program participants to the
81	80		extent applicable to the type of program the organization provides:
82	81		(A) above-average completion of developmental
83	82		education among participating public junior college or public
84	83		technical institute students;
85	84		(B) above-average persistence rates among
86	85		participating public junior college or public technical institute
87	86		students;
88	87		(C) above-average certificate or degree
89	88		completion rates by participating students within a three-year
90	89		period compared to demographically comparable public junior
91	90		college and public technical institute students; and
92	91		(D) employment of participating students at an
93	92		average full-time starting wage that is equal to or greater than
94	93		the prevailing wage for the occupation entered; and
95	94		(4) provide matching funds in accordance with rules
96	95		adopted under Section 134.008.
97	96		(c) The matching funds required under Subsection (b)(4) may
98	97		be obtained from any source available to the nonprofit
99	98		organization, including in-kind contributions, community or
100	99		foundation grants, individual contributions, and local
101	100		governmental agency operating funds.
102	101		(d) Grants awarded under this section must be awarded in a
103	102		manner that takes a balanced geographical distribution into
104	103		consideration.
105	104		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.