Bill Text: TX HB178 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to funding for public school career and technology programs.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-25 - Left pending in committee [HB178 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB178-Introduced.html
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| By: Cortez | H.B. No. 178 | |
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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. Section 42.154(a), Education Code, as effective | ||
| September 1, 2017, is 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 two or more | ||
| advanced career and technology education classes for a total of | ||
| three or more credits. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 42.154(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, 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 that vote, this Act takes effect on the | ||
| 91st day after the last day of the legislative session. | ||
