Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB618 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R2866 MLH-D
2	2	By: Dutton H.B. No. 618
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter schools in
8	8	the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 134.004, Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 134.004. JOBS AND EDUCATION FOR TEXANS (JET) GRANT
13	13	PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer the
14	14	Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program to provide grants
15	15	to public junior colleges, public technical institutes, public
16	16	state colleges, and independent school districts and
17	17	open-enrollment charter schools described under Section 134.007
18	18	that apply to the advisory board in the manner prescribed by the
19	19	advisory board. The commission shall award the grants on the advice
20	20	and recommendations of the advisory board.
21	21	(b) Grants may be awarded under this chapter from the Jobs
22	22	and Education for Texans (JET) fund to defray the start-up costs
23	23	associated with the development of new career and technical
24	24	education programs at public junior colleges, public technical
25	25	institutes, public state colleges, and independent school
26	26	districts and open-enrollment charter schools described under
27	27	Section 134.007 that meet the requirements of Section 134.006.
28	28	SECTION 2. Sections 134.006(a) and (d), Education Code, are
29	29	amended to read as follows:
30	30	(a) The commission may award a grant for the development of
31	31	new career and technical education courses or programs at public
32	32	junior colleges, public technical institutes, public state
33	33	colleges, [and] independent school districts, and open-enrollment
34	34	charter schools.
35	35	(d) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a
36	36	public junior college, public technical institute, public state
37	37	college, or independent school district or open-enrollment charter
38	38	school described under Section 134.007 must provide matching funds
39	39	in accordance with rules adopted under Section 134.008. The
40	40	matching funds may be obtained from any source available to the
41	41	public junior college, public technical institute, public state
42	42	college, [or] independent school district, or open-enrollment
43	43	charter school, including industry consortia, community or
44	44	foundation grants, individual contributions, and local
45	45	governmental agency operating funds.
46	46	SECTION 3. Section 134.007, Education Code, is amended to
47	47	read as follows:
48	48	Sec. 134.007. GRANTS AWARDED TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
49	49	OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL. The commission may award a
50	50	grant to an independent school district or open-enrollment charter
51	51	school under this chapter if the district or school has entered into
52	52	a partnership with a public junior college, public technical
53	53	institute, or public state college for the purpose of:
54	54	(1) promoting career and technical education to the
55	55	district's or school's students; or
56	56	(2) offering dual credit courses to the district's or
57	57	school's students.
58	58	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
59	59	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
60	60	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
61	61	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
62	62	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.