Bill Text: TX HB1245 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to funding for public school career and technology programs.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Left pending in committee [HB1245 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1245-Introduced.html
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| By: Cortez | H.B. No. 1245 | |
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| relating to funding for public school career and technology | ||
| programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 42.154(a) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily | ||
| attendance in an approved career and technology education program | ||
| in grades eight [ |
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| education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven | ||
| through 12, a district is entitled to: | ||
| (1) an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic | ||
| allotment multiplied by a weight of 1.35; and | ||
| (2) $50, if the student is enrolled in: | ||
| (A) two or more advanced career and technology | ||
| education classes for a total of three or more credits; or | ||
| (B) an advanced course as part of a tech-prep | ||
| program under Subchapter T, Chapter 61. | ||
| (c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an | ||
| indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education | ||
| rule, must be used in providing career and technology education | ||
| programs in grades eight [ |
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| education programs for students with disabilities in grades seven | ||
| through 12 under Sections 29.182, 29.183, and 29.184. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
