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1		-	H.B. No. 2827
	1	+	By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 2827
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021;
	4	+	May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
	5	+	Education; May 19, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
	6	+	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to the transfer to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
6	13		Board of certain responsibilities relating to postsecondary
7	14		education and career counseling.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Sections 33.009(a), (b), (c), (e), (h), and (i),
10	17		Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
11	18		(a) In this section, "coordinating board" ["center"] means
12	19		the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board [Center for Teaching
13	20		and Learning at The University of Texas at Austin].
14	21		(b) The coordinating board [center] shall develop and make
15	22		available postsecondary education and career counseling academies
16	23		for school counselors and other postsecondary advisors employed by
17	24		a school district at a middle school, junior high school, or high
18	25		school.
19	26		(c) In developing academies under this section, the
20	27		coordinating board [center] shall solicit input from the agency,
21	28		school counselors, the Texas Workforce Commission, institutions of
22	29		higher education, and business, community, and school leaders.
23	30		(e) The coordinating board [center] shall develop an online
24	31		instructional program that school districts may use in providing
25	32		the instruction in high school, college, and career preparation
26	33		required by Section 28.016. The program must be structured for use
27	34		as part of an existing course.
28	35		(h) From funds appropriated for that purpose, a school
29	36		counselor who attends the academy under this section is entitled to
30	37		receive a stipend in the amount determined by the coordinating
31	38		board [center]. If funds are available after all eligible school
32	39		counselors have received a stipend under this subsection, the
33	40		coordinating board [center] shall pay a stipend in the amount
34	41		determined by the coordinating board [center] to a teacher who
35	42		attends the academy under this section. A stipend received under
36	43		this subsection is not considered in determining whether a district
37	44		is paying the school counselor or teacher the minimum monthly
38	45		salary under Section 21.402.
39	46		(i) From available funds appropriated for purposes of this
40	47		section, the coordinating board [center] may provide to school
41	48		counselors and other educators curricula, instructional materials,
42	49		and technological tools relating to postsecondary education and
43	50		career counseling.
44	51		SECTION 2. Sections 33.009(f) and (j), Education Code, are
45	52		repealed.
46	53		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
47	54		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
48	55		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
49	56		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
50	57		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
51		-	______________________________ ______________________________
52		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
53		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2827 was passed by the House on April
54		-	30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 26, 2 present, not
55		-	voting.
56		-	______________________________
57		-	Chief Clerk of the House
58		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2827 was passed by the Senate on May
59		-	26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
60		-	______________________________
61		-	Secretary of the Senate
62		-	APPROVED: _____________________
63		-	Date
64		-	_____________________
65		-	Governor
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