Bill Text: TX HB4279 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of the Windham School District to participate in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB4279 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4279-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4279 |
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relating to the eligibility of the Windham School District to | ||
participate in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant | ||
Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 134.004, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 134.004. JOBS AND EDUCATION FOR TEXANS (JET) GRANT | ||
PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer the Jobs | ||
and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program to provide grants to | ||
public junior colleges, public technical institutes, public state | ||
colleges, and [ |
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Section 134.007 that apply to the advisory board in the manner | ||
prescribed by the advisory board. The commission shall award the | ||
grants on the advice and recommendations of the advisory board. | ||
(b) Grants may be awarded under this chapter from the Jobs | ||
and Education for Texans (JET) fund to defray the start-up costs | ||
associated with the development of new career and technical | ||
education programs at public junior colleges, public technical | ||
institutes, public state colleges, and [ |
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districts described under Section 134.007 that meet the | ||
requirements of Section 134.006. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 134.006(a), (c), and (d), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission may award a grant for the development of | ||
new career and technical education courses or programs at public | ||
junior colleges, public technical institutes, public state | ||
colleges, and [ |
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Section 134.007. | ||
(c) In awarding a grant under this section, the commission | ||
shall primarily consider the potential economic returns to the | ||
state from the development of the career and technical education | ||
course or program. The commission may also consider whether the | ||
course or program: | ||
(1) is part of a new, emerging industry or high-demand | ||
occupation; | ||
(2) offers new or expanded dual credit career and | ||
technical educational opportunities in public high schools; [ |
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(3) offers new career and technical educational | ||
opportunities not previously available to students enrolled at any | ||
campus in the Windham School District; or | ||
(4) is provided in cooperation with other public | ||
junior colleges, public technical institutes, or public state | ||
colleges across existing service areas. | ||
(d) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a | ||
public junior college, public technical institute, public state | ||
college, or [ |
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134.007 must provide matching funds in accordance with rules | ||
adopted under Section 134.008. The matching funds may be obtained | ||
from any source available to the public junior college, public | ||
technical institute, public state college, or [ |
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district, including industry consortia, community or foundation | ||
grants, individual contributions, and local governmental agency | ||
operating funds. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 134.007, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 134.007. GRANTS AWARDED TO [ |
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DISTRICT. The commission may award a grant to a [ |
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school district under this chapter if the district: | ||
(1) is an independent school district and has entered | ||
into a partnership with a public junior college, public technical | ||
institute, or public state college for the purpose of: | ||
(A) [ |
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education to the district's students; or | ||
(B) [ |
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district's students; or | ||
(2) is the Windham School District. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 4279 was passed by the House on May | ||
11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 22, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4279 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |