Bill Text: TX HB1312 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to student success-based funding recommendations for certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public junior colleges.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Higher Education [HB1312 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1312-Introduced.html

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87R6875 KSD-D
By: Romero, Jr. H.B. No. 1312

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to student success-based funding recommendations for
certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public
junior colleges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.0593, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
(f-1) In making its recommendations under Subsection (f)
relating to institutional appropriations of incentive funds for
public junior colleges based on achievement on student success
measures, the board shall incorporate the consideration of student
success measures, and include appropriate funding recommendations
based on those success measures, achieved in qualified continuing
workforce education courses offered by those colleges for which
credit toward a certificate or associate's degree is not awarded.
For purposes of this subsection, a continuing workforce education
course is considered qualified if the course is consistent with the
role and mission of a public junior college and is designed to
prepare students with skills necessary to attain external workforce
credentials, including a certification or license, or employment in
a specific high-demand occupation, regardless of whether the course
is part of a recognized sequence of courses that requires a specific
number of contact hours.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.