| 1 | 1 | | 88R4220 KJE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 2046 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to eligibility to receive certain federal funding for |
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| 8 | 8 | | postsecondary career and technology education distributed by the |
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| 9 | 9 | | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 61.0761 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 61.0761. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION GRANTS. (a) |
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| 14 | 14 | | In this section, "ability to benefit career and technology |
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| 15 | 15 | | education program" means a postsecondary career and technology |
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| 16 | 16 | | education program in which a person who does not have a high school |
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| 17 | 17 | | diploma or equivalency certificate and who both qualifies for |
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| 18 | 18 | | federal student financial aid and demonstrates on an assessment |
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| 19 | 19 | | instrument that the person can pass college-level courses with some |
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| 20 | 20 | | support may enroll. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) In establishing criteria for postsecondary career and |
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| 22 | 22 | | technology education funding provided under the Carl D. Perkins |
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| 23 | 23 | | Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. Section |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2301 et seq.), the board shall, to the extent permitted under that |
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| 25 | 25 | | law, ensure that noncredit and ability to benefit career and |
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| 26 | 26 | | technology education programs are eligible to receive funding. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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