By: Wilson H.B. No. 4291
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the career and technology education allotment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.106, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 48.106. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT.
(a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily
attendance in an approved career and technology education program
in grades 7 through 12, a district is entitled to:
(1) an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment
multiplied by a weightthe largest of the following weights for
which the time included as a full-time equivalent student
qualifies:of 1.35; and
(2) $50 for each of the following in which the student
is enrolled :
(A) two or more advanced career and technology
education classes for a total of three or more credits ;
(B) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under
Section 29.556; or
(C) a campus that is a member of the New Tech
Network and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based
education.
(1) 1.0; All CTE courses not in an approved program of
study
(2) 1.28 for career and technology level 1 and 2
courses in an approved program of study; or
(3) 1.48 for a career and technology education level 3
and 4 courses in an approved program of study.
(c) A district is entitled to $50 for each student in
average daily attendance enrolled in each of the following:
(1) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under
Section 29.556; or
(2) a campus that is a member of the New Tech Network
and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based
education.
(d) In this section:
(1) "Career and technology education class" and
"Approved career and technology education program" is a sequence of
career and technology courses, including technology applications
courses, authorized by the State Board of Educationinclude
technology applications courses.
(2) "Full-time equivalent student" means 30 hours of
contact a week between a student and career and technology
education program personnel.
(3) "Approved career and technology education
program" in grades 7 and 8, only includes courses that would qualify
in grades 9-12.
(4) "Program of study" means a course sequence that
provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary for
success in their chosen career and that is approved by the agency
per the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st
Century Act (Perkins V).
(c) (e) At least 55 percent of the funds allocated under
this section must be used in providing career and technology
education programs in grades 7 through 12.
(f) The agency shall identify programs of study and courses
that qualify for subsections (b)(2) and (3).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.