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