Bill Text: TX HB3397 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to formula funding for continuing workforce education courses offered by public junior colleges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3397 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3397-Introduced.html
| 85R9579 KSD-D | ||
| By: Romero, Jr. | H.B. No. 3397 | |
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| relating to formula funding for continuing workforce education | ||
| courses offered by public junior colleges. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-2) In developing the formulas under this section for the | ||
| allocation of state funds to public junior colleges, the board | ||
| shall include appropriate base funding amounts for continuing | ||
| education workforce courses offered by public junior colleges for | ||
| which credit toward a certificate or associate's degree is not | ||
| awarded, to the extent those courses are consistent with the role | ||
| and mission of a public junior college and are designed to prepare | ||
| students with skills necessary to attain external workforce | ||
| credentials, including certifications and licenses, or employment | ||
| in specific high-demand occupations, and regardless of whether the | ||
| courses are part of a recognized sequence of courses that requires a | ||
| specific number of contact hours. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
