Bill Amendment: TX HB100 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to public education and public school finance, including the rights, certification, and compensation of public school educators, contributions by a public school to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and an education savings account program for certain children.

Status: 2023-05-26 - Senate appoints conferees-reported [HB100 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB100-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F13-Creighton.html

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Amend CSHB 100 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to Article 1 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:

SECTION 1.__. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 29.9016 to read as follows:

Sec. 29.9016.  CAREER AND MILITARY TECHNICAL GRANT PILOT PROGRAM.  (a)  The agency shall establish a pilot program to award grants to school districts to implement or maintain a program under which the district:

(1)  establishes a junior reserve officer training corps program under 10 U.S.C. Section 2031 for students in high school;

(2)  annually administers the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test to each student in grades 9 through 12; and

(3)  provides career counseling at least once each year to each student administered the test under Subdivision (2) based on the results of the test.

(b)  The amount of a grant awarded under the pilot program is $50,000.

(c)  The total amount of grants awarded under the pilot program for a school year may not exceed $2 million.

(d)  Not later than December 1, 2026, the agency shall submit to the legislature a report on the results of the pilot program.  The report must include the agency's recommendation on whether the pilot program should be continued, expanded, or terminated.

(e)  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement the pilot program.

(f)  This section expires September 1, 2027.