| 1 | 1 | | 89R3181 PRL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Perry S.B. No. 1213 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the establishment of a career and technical education |
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| 10 | 10 | | reporting grant program by the Texas Education Agency. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 29.195 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 29.195. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION REPORTING GRANT |
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| 15 | 15 | | PROGRAM. (a) From funds appropriated or otherwise available for |
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| 16 | 16 | | the purpose, the agency shall establish and administer a career and |
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| 17 | 17 | | technical education reporting grant program to award grants to |
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| 18 | 18 | | school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to facilitate |
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| 19 | 19 | | the collection, analysis, and reporting of career- and technical |
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| 20 | 20 | | education-related data to enhance program effectiveness and |
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| 21 | 21 | | student outcomes at the local and state levels. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The agency shall adopt rules to establish and administer |
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| 23 | 23 | | the grant program under this section, including rules: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) establishing application procedures and |
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| 25 | 25 | | deadlines; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) establishing grant eligibility criteria; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) prioritizing grant applications that demonstrate |
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| 28 | 28 | | the potential for significant positive effects on: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) career and technical education program |
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| 30 | 30 | | outcomes; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) workforce readiness of students. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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| 33 | 33 | | use a grant awarded under this section to: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) implement strategies and procure software for |
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| 35 | 35 | | collecting and analyzing career and technical education data, |
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| 36 | 36 | | including: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) tracking student engagement in experiences |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided by career technical student organizations outside the |
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| 39 | 39 | | classroom, including: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (i) community service or other events; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (ii) competitions; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | (iii) awards; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) tracking student hours worked, training |
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| 44 | 44 | | plans, and teacher visits in work-based learning classes offered by |
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| 45 | 45 | | the district or school; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (C) tracking student results on industry-based |
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| 47 | 47 | | certifications, including information regarding the applicable |
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| 48 | 48 | | course and teacher and the cost for the certification; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (D) identifying students who demonstrate |
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| 50 | 50 | | college, career, or military readiness and tracking which |
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| 51 | 51 | | performance measures the students meet in real time; and |
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| 52 | 52 | | (E) maintaining information regarding enrollment |
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| 53 | 53 | | in career and technical education courses and programs of study, |
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| 54 | 54 | | disaggregated by: |
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| 55 | 55 | | (i) race; |
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| 56 | 56 | | (ii) ethnicity; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (iii) gender; and |
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| 58 | 58 | | (iv) special populations; |
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| 59 | 59 | | (2) train district or school employees in the use of |
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| 60 | 60 | | data analytics software; and |
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| 61 | 61 | | (3) to the extent possible, improve the integration of |
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| 62 | 62 | | career and technical education data with the Public Education |
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| 63 | 63 | | Information Management System (PEIMS). |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 65 | 65 | | of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall establish the career |
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| 66 | 66 | | and technical education reporting grant program required by Section |
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| 67 | 67 | | 29.195, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 68 | 68 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 69 | 69 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 70 | 70 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 71 | 71 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 72 | 72 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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