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1	1	88R8832 KJE-D
2	2	By: Talarico H.B. No. 2179
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the addition of a service readiness component to the
8	8	college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the
9	9	Foundation School Program.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 12.263(e), Education Code, as effective
12	12	September 1, 2023, is amended to read as follows:
13	13	(e) For purposes of the college, career, [or] military, or
14	14	service readiness outcomes bonus under Section 48.110,
15	15	notwithstanding Subsection (f) of that section, an annual graduate
16	16	of an adult education program operated under a charter granted
17	17	under this subchapter demonstrates career readiness by earning an
18	18	industry-accepted certificate not later than six months after
19	19	completing the program.
20	20	SECTION 2. The heading to Section 48.110, Education Code,
21	21	is amended to read as follows:
22	22	Sec. 48.110. COLLEGE, CAREER, [OR] MILITARY, OR SERVICE
23	23	READINESS OUTCOMES BONUS.
24	24	SECTION 3. Sections 48.110(b), (c), (d), (f), (g), and (i),
25	25	Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
26	26	(b) For purposes of the outcomes bonus under this section,
27	27	the commissioner shall determine the threshold percentage as
28	28	provided by Subsection (g) for college, career, [or] military, or
29	29	service readiness as described by Subsection (f) for each of the
30	30	following cohorts:
31	31	(1) annual graduates who are educationally
32	32	disadvantaged;
33	33	(2) annual graduates who are not educationally
34	34	disadvantaged; and
35	35	(3) annual graduates who are enrolled in a special
36	36	education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, regardless of
37	37	whether the annual graduates are educationally disadvantaged.
38	38	(c) Each year, the commissioner shall determine for each
39	39	school district the minimum number of annual graduates in each
40	40	cohort described by Subsection (b) who would have to demonstrate
41	41	college, career, [or] military, or service readiness as described
42	42	by Subsection (f) in order for the district to achieve a percentage
43	43	of college, career, [or] military, or service readiness for that
44	44	cohort equal to the threshold percentage established for that
45	45	cohort under Subsection (b).
46	46	(d) For each annual graduate in a cohort described by
47	47	Subsection (b) who demonstrates college, career, [or] military, or
48	48	service readiness as described by Subsection (f) in excess of the
49	49	minimum number of students determined for the applicable district
50	50	cohort under Subsection (c), a school district is entitled to an
51	51	annual outcomes bonus of:
52	52	(1) if the annual graduate is educationally
53	53	disadvantaged, $5,000;
54	54	(2) if the annual graduate is not educationally
55	55	disadvantaged, $3,000; and
56	56	(3) if the annual graduate is enrolled in a special
57	57	education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, $2,000,
58	58	regardless of whether the annual graduate is educationally
59	59	disadvantaged.
60	60	(f) For purposes of this section, an annual graduate
61	61	demonstrates:
62	62	(1) college readiness if the annual graduate:
63	63	(A) both:
64	64	(i) achieves college readiness standards
65	65	used for accountability purposes under Chapter 39 on the ACT, the
66	66	SAT, or an assessment instrument designated by the Texas Higher
67	67	Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334; and
68	68	(ii) during a time period established by
69	69	commissioner rule, enrolls at a postsecondary educational
70	70	institution; or
71	71	(B) earns an associate degree from a
72	72	postsecondary educational institution approved by the Texas Higher
73	73	Education Coordinating Board while attending high school or during
74	74	a time period established by commissioner rule;
75	75	(2) career readiness if the annual graduate:
76	76	(A) achieves college readiness standards used
77	77	for accountability purposes under Chapter 39 on the ACT, the SAT, or
78	78	an assessment instrument designated by the Texas Higher Education
79	79	Coordinating Board under Section 51.334; and
80	80	(B) during a time period established by
81	81	commissioner rule, earns an industry-accepted certificate; [and]
82	82	(3) military readiness if the annual graduate:
83	83	(A) achieves a passing score set by the
84	84	applicable military branch on the Armed Services Vocational
85	85	Aptitude Battery; and
86	86	(B) during a time period established by
87	87	commissioner rule, enlists in the armed forces of the United States
88	88	or the Texas National Guard; and
89	89	(4) service readiness if the annual graduate enrolls
90	90	in an AmeriCorps program not later than the last day of the seventh
91	91	month after graduation from high school.
92	92	(g) The commissioner shall establish the threshold
93	93	percentages under Subsection (b) using the 25th percentile of
94	94	statewide college, career, [or] military, or service readiness as
95	95	described by Subsection (f) for the applicable cohort of annual
96	96	graduates during the 2016-2017 school year.
97	97	(i) At least 55 percent of the funds allocated under this
98	98	section must be used in grades 8 through 12 to improve college,
99	99	career, [and] military, and service readiness outcomes as described
100	100	by Subsection (f).
101	101	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.