Bill Text: TX HB1312 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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
87R6875 KSD-D | ||
By: Romero, Jr. | H.B. No. 1312 |
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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. |