| 1 | 1 | | By: Wilson H.B. No. 4291 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the career and technology education allotment. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 48.106, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 9 | 9 | | read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 48.106. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT. |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily |
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| 12 | 12 | | attendance in an approved career and technology education program |
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| 13 | 13 | | in grades 7 through 12, a district is entitled to: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment |
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| 15 | 15 | | multiplied by a weightthe largest of the following weights for |
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| 16 | 16 | | which the time included as a full-time equivalent student |
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| 17 | 17 | | qualifies:of 1.35; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) $50 for each of the following in which the student |
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| 19 | 19 | | is enrolled : |
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| 20 | 20 | | (A) two or more advanced career and technology |
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| 21 | 21 | | education classes for a total of three or more credits ; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 29.556; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (C) a campus that is a member of the New Tech |
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| 25 | 25 | | Network and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based |
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| 26 | 26 | | education. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) 1.0; All CTE courses not in an approved program of |
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| 28 | 28 | | study |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) 1.28 for career and technology level 1 and 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | courses in an approved program of study; or |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) 1.48 for a career and technology education level 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and 4 courses in an approved program of study. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) A district is entitled to $50 for each student in |
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| 34 | 34 | | average daily attendance enrolled in each of the following: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 29.556; or |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) a campus that is a member of the New Tech Network |
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| 38 | 38 | | and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based |
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| 39 | 39 | | education. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (d) In this section: |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) "Career and technology education class" and |
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| 42 | 42 | | "Approved career and technology education program" is a sequence of |
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| 43 | 43 | | career and technology courses, including technology applications |
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| 44 | 44 | | courses, authorized by the State Board of Educationinclude |
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| 45 | 45 | | technology applications courses. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) "Full-time equivalent student" means 30 hours of |
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| 47 | 47 | | contact a week between a student and career and technology |
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| 48 | 48 | | education program personnel. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) "Approved career and technology education |
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| 50 | 50 | | program" in grades 7 and 8, only includes courses that would qualify |
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| 51 | 51 | | in grades 9-12. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (4) "Program of study" means a course sequence that |
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| 53 | 53 | | provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary for |
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| 54 | 54 | | success in their chosen career and that is approved by the agency |
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| 55 | 55 | | per the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st |
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| 56 | 56 | | Century Act (Perkins V). |
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| 57 | 57 | | (c) (e) At least 55 percent of the funds allocated under |
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| 58 | 58 | | this section must be used in providing career and technology |
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| 59 | 59 | | education programs in grades 7 through 12. |
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| 60 | 60 | | (f) The agency shall identify programs of study and courses |
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| 61 | 61 | | that qualify for subsections (b)(2) and (3). |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 63 | 63 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 64 | 64 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 65 | 65 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 66 | 66 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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