87R1354 MM-F
By: Springer H.B. No. 523
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the career and technology education allotment under the
Foundation School Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.106(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(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,
or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the allotment
under Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, multiplied
by a weight 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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.