S.B. No. 959
AN ACT
relating to student success-based funding recommendations for
certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public
junior colleges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.0593, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
(f-1) In making its recommendations under Subsection (f)
relating to institutional appropriations of incentive funds for
public junior colleges based on achievement on student success
measures, the board, in the manner and to the extent the board
considers appropriate and in consultation with those colleges,
shall incorporate the consideration of student success measures,
and include appropriate funding recommendations based on those
success measures, achieved in qualified continuing workforce
education courses offered by those colleges for which credit toward
a certificate or associate's degree is not awarded. For purposes of
this subsection, a continuing workforce education course is
considered qualified if the course is consistent with the role and
mission of a public junior college and is designed to prepare
students with skills necessary to attain external workforce
credentials, including a certification or license, or employment in
a specific high-demand occupation, regardless of whether the course
is part of a recognized sequence of courses that requires a specific
number of contact hours.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 959 passed the Senate on
April 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 959 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 120,
Nays 26, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor