Bill Text: TX SB1261 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of dropout recovery programs by public junior colleges in partnership with school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Co-author authorized [SB1261 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1261-Introduced.html
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| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1261 | |
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| relating to the operation of dropout recovery programs by public | ||
| junior colleges in partnership with school districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter K to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER K. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT | ||
| PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO PROVIDE DROPOUT RECOVERY | ||
| Sec. 29.401. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "public | ||
| junior college" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| Sec. 29.402. PARTNERSHIP. (a) A public junior college may | ||
| partner with one or more school districts located in the public | ||
| junior college district to provide on the campus of the public | ||
| junior college a dropout recovery program for students described by | ||
| Subsection (b). | ||
| (b) A person who is under 26 years of age is eligible to | ||
| enroll in a dropout recovery program under this subchapter if the | ||
| person: | ||
| (1) must complete not more than three course credits | ||
| to complete the curriculum requirements for the minimum, | ||
| recommended, or advanced high school program, as appropriate, for | ||
| high school graduation; or | ||
| (2) has failed to perform satisfactorily on an | ||
| end-of-course assessment instrument administered under Section | ||
| 39.023(c) or an assessment instrument administered under Section | ||
| 39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 | ||
| (S.B. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007. | ||
| (c) A public junior college under this section shall: | ||
| (1) design a dropout recovery curriculum that includes | ||
| career and technology education courses in collaboration with one | ||
| or more school districts located in the public junior college | ||
| district; and | ||
| (2) offer advanced academic and transition | ||
| opportunities, including dual credit courses and college | ||
| preparatory courses, such as advanced placement courses. | ||
| Sec. 29.403. FINANCING. (a) A public junior college | ||
| district may receive for each student enrolled in a dropout | ||
| recovery program under this subchapter an amount equal to the total | ||
| average per student funding amount in the school district in which | ||
| the student would otherwise attend school during the preceding | ||
| school year for maintenance and operations, including state and | ||
| local funding, but excluding money from the available school fund. | ||
| (b) A student who is enrolled in a program under this | ||
| subchapter is included in determining the average daily attendance | ||
| under Section 42.005 of the school district in which the student | ||
| would otherwise attend school. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
