| 1 | 1 | | 87R5346 MWC-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gates H.B. No. 1542 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 the reporting of certain information on career and |
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| 8 | 8 | | technology education in public schools. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Sections 29.195 and 29.196 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 29.195. PEIMS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CAREER AND |
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| 13 | 13 | | TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) Each school district and |
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| 14 | 14 | | open-enrollment charter school shall include the following |
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| 15 | 15 | | information regarding career and technology courses offered by the |
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| 16 | 16 | | district or school in the district's or school's Public Education |
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| 17 | 17 | | Information Management System (PEIMS) report: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) a list of the career and technology courses |
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| 19 | 19 | | offered by the district or school; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the number of career and technology classroom |
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| 21 | 21 | | teachers in the district or school: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) issued a school district teaching permit |
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| 24 | 24 | | under Section 21.055; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) the number of contracts the district or school has |
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| 26 | 26 | | entered into with other districts or schools, public or private |
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| 27 | 27 | | postsecondary educational institutions, or trade or technical |
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| 28 | 28 | | schools to provide career and technology courses. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) The information included in a school district's or |
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| 30 | 30 | | open-enrollment charter school's Public Education Information |
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| 31 | 31 | | Management System (PEIMS) report under this section may not include |
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| 32 | 32 | | student information. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to |
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| 34 | 34 | | implement this section. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 29.196. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION REPORT. (a) |
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| 36 | 36 | | Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the agency shall |
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| 37 | 37 | | submit a report to the legislature on career and technology |
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| 38 | 38 | | education. The report must include: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) the number of school districts and open-enrollment |
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| 40 | 40 | | charter schools offering career and technology education programs; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) the courses of study provided at each district or |
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| 42 | 42 | | school as part of the district's or school's career and technology |
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| 43 | 43 | | education program; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) the number of students in each district or school |
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| 45 | 45 | | who have taken a career and technology education course, are |
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| 46 | 46 | | seeking to complete a career and technology education program, or |
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| 47 | 47 | | have completed a career and technology education program, |
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| 48 | 48 | | disaggregated by: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (A) region of the state; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) the type of career and technology education |
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| 51 | 51 | | course or program; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (4) the number of classroom teachers teaching a career |
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| 53 | 53 | | and technology education course who are: |
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| 54 | 54 | | (A) certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21; or |
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| 55 | 55 | | (B) issued a school district teaching permit |
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| 56 | 56 | | under Section 21.055; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (5) the number of classroom teachers teaching career |
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| 58 | 58 | | and technology education courses in each regional education service |
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| 59 | 59 | | center; |
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| 60 | 60 | | (6) the funds received by each district and school |
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| 61 | 61 | | from the career and technology education allotment and the |
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| 62 | 62 | | percentage of those funds spent to provide career and technology |
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| 63 | 63 | | education; |
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| 64 | 64 | | (7) the location of each facility operated by a |
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| 65 | 65 | | district or school for career and technology education; |
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| 66 | 66 | | (8) the number of districts and schools that have |
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| 67 | 67 | | entered into a contract with other districts or schools, public or |
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| 68 | 68 | | private postsecondary educational institutions, or trade or |
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| 69 | 69 | | technical schools to provide career and technology education for |
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| 70 | 70 | | students in the district or school; |
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| 71 | 71 | | (9) a description of available career and technology |
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| 72 | 72 | | certifications, the availability of each certification throughout |
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| 73 | 73 | | the state, and the number of students who have earned each |
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| 74 | 74 | | certification since the previous report was filed; |
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| 75 | 75 | | (10) a description of available industry-based |
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| 76 | 76 | | credentials, the availability of each credential throughout the |
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| 77 | 77 | | state, and the number of students who have earned each credential |
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| 78 | 78 | | since the previous report was filed; |
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| 79 | 79 | | (11) using data available from the Texas Workforce |
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| 80 | 80 | | Commission, information on each industry or occupation in which a |
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| 81 | 81 | | career and technology certification or industry-based credential |
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| 82 | 82 | | is available, including: |
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| 83 | 83 | | (A) median annual wage; |
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| 84 | 84 | | (B) annual rate of occupation growth; |
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| 85 | 85 | | (C) average annual employment; and |
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| 86 | 86 | | (D) educational requirements; |
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| 87 | 87 | | (12) the number of student contact hours in each |
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| 88 | 88 | | career and technology education program; |
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| 89 | 89 | | (13) the percentage of students participating in |
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| 90 | 90 | | career and technology education programs in districts and schools, |
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| 91 | 91 | | aggregated by district or school type as determined by the |
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| 92 | 92 | | commissioner; and |
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| 93 | 93 | | (14) any additional information or data that the |
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| 94 | 94 | | agency determines necessary to provide the legislature with a |
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| 95 | 95 | | complete understanding of career and technology education programs |
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| 96 | 96 | | in this state. |
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| 97 | 97 | | (b) The agency may use information and data collected from |
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| 98 | 98 | | school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, or the Texas |
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| 99 | 99 | | Workforce Commission to prepare the report required by Subsection |
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| 100 | 100 | | (a). |
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| 101 | 101 | | (c) The agency may, using existing resources: |
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| 102 | 102 | | (1) acquire software to assist in the creation of the |
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| 103 | 103 | | report required under Subsection (a); and |
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| 104 | 104 | | (2) conduct a survey of school districts and |
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| 105 | 105 | | open-enrollment charter schools on the barriers to providing career |
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| 106 | 106 | | and technology education encountered by districts and schools. |
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| 107 | 107 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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| 108 | 108 | | school year. |
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| 109 | 109 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 110 | 110 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 111 | 111 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 112 | 112 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 113 | 113 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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