Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R5953 KSD-D
2	2	By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 302
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the administration of the Jobs and Education for Texans
8	8	(JET) Grant Program.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 134.001, Education Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows:
12	12	(1-a) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization
13	13	exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal
14	14	Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section
15	15	501(c)(3) of that code.
16	16	SECTION 2. Section 134.003, Education Code, is amended by
17	17	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
18	18	follows:
19	19	(b) The advisory board is composed of eight [six] members
20	20	who serve two-year terms and are appointed as follows:
21	21	(1) one member appointed by the governor;
22	22	(2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor;
23	23	(3) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of
24	24	representatives;
25	25	(4) one member appointed by the Texas Higher Education
26	26	Coordinating Board;
27	27	(5) one member appointed by the commissioner of
28	28	education;
29	29	(6) two members [one member] appointed by the
30	30	commission, one of whom must represent a nonprofit organization
31	31	located in this state that provides, or has experience in
32	32	providing, training services that prepare low-income students for
33	33	careers in high-demand occupations; and
34	34	(7) [(6)] the chair of the commission, who serves as
35	35	the presiding officer.
36	36	(b-1) Before appointing the members described by Subsection
37	37	(b)(6), the commission shall publish a request for applications and
38	38	must consider appointing qualified individuals from among the
39	39	resulting applicant pool.
40	40	SECTION 3. Section 134.004, Education Code, is amended to
41	41	read as follows:
42	42	Sec. 134.004. JOBS AND EDUCATION FOR TEXANS (JET) GRANT
43	43	PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer the
44	44	Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program to provide grants
45	45	to public junior colleges, public technical institutes, public
46	46	state colleges, eligible nonprofit organizations, and independent
47	47	school districts described under Section 134.007 that apply to the
48	48	advisory board in the manner prescribed by the advisory board. The
49	49	commission shall award the grants on the advice and recommendations
50	50	of the advisory board.
51	51	(b) Grants may be awarded under this chapter from the Jobs
52	52	and Education for Texans (JET) fund for the following purposes:
53	53	(1) to develop, support, or expand programs of
54	54	nonprofit organizations that meet the requirements of Section
55	55	134.005 and that prepare low-income students for careers in
56	56	high-demand occupations; and
57	57	(2) to defray the start-up costs associated with the
58	58	development of new career and technical education programs at
59	59	public junior colleges, public technical institutes, public state
60	60	colleges, and independent school districts described under Section
61	61	134.007 that meet the requirements of Section 134.006.
62	62	SECTION 4. Chapter 134, Education Code, is amended by
63	63	adding Section 134.005 to read as follows:
64	64	Sec. 134.005. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR
65	65	INNOVATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS. (a) The commission may award a
66	66	grant to a nonprofit organization eligible under Subsection (b) for
67	67	the development, support, or expansion of programs to prepare
68	68	low-income students for careers in high-demand occupations.
69	69	(b) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a
70	70	nonprofit organization must:
71	71	(1) provide a program to offer assistance to
72	72	low-income students in preparing for, applying to, and enrolling in
73	73	a public junior college or public technical institute;
74	74	(2) be governed by a board or other governing
75	75	structure that includes recognized leaders of broad-based
76	76	community organizations and members of the local business
77	77	community;
78	78	(3) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the advisory
79	79	board that the organization's program has achieved or will achieve
80	80	the following measures of success among program participants to the
81	81	extent applicable to the type of program the organization provides:
82	82	(A) above-average completion of developmental
83	83	education among participating public junior college or public
84	84	technical institute students;
85	85	(B) above-average persistence rates among
86	86	participating public junior college or public technical institute
87	87	students;
88	88	(C) above-average certificate or degree
89	89	completion rates by participating students within a three-year
90	90	period compared to demographically comparable public junior
91	91	college and public technical institute students; and
92	92	(D) employment of participating students at an
93	93	average full-time starting wage that is equal to or greater than
94	94	the prevailing wage for the occupation entered; and
95	95	(4) provide matching funds in accordance with rules
96	96	adopted under Section 134.008.
97	97	(c) The matching funds required under Subsection (b)(4) may
98	98	be obtained from any source available to the nonprofit
99	99	organization, including in-kind contributions, community or
100	100	foundation grants, individual contributions, and local
101	101	governmental agency operating funds.
102	102	(d) Grants awarded under this section must be awarded in a
103	103	manner that takes a balanced geographical distribution into
104	104	consideration.
105	105	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.