Bill Text: TX SB1321 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the state plan for career and technology education.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Education [SB1321 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1321-Introduced.html
| 87R662 MP-D | ||
| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1321 | |
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| relating to the state plan for career and technology education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 29.182(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) The state plan must include procedures designed to | ||
| ensure that: | ||
| (1) all secondary and postsecondary students have the | ||
| opportunity to participate in career and technology education | ||
| programs; | ||
| (2) the state complies with requirements for | ||
| supplemental federal career and technology education funding; | ||
| (3) career and technology education is established as | ||
| a part of the total education system of this state and constitutes | ||
| an option for student learning that provides a rigorous course of | ||
| study consistent with the required curriculum under Section 28.002 | ||
| and under which a student may receive specific education in a career | ||
| and technology program that: | ||
| (A) incorporates competencies leading to | ||
| academic and technical skill attainment; | ||
| (B) leads to: | ||
| (i) an industry-recognized license, | ||
| credential, or certificate; or | ||
| (ii) at the postsecondary level, an | ||
| associate or baccalaureate degree; | ||
| (C) includes opportunities for students to earn | ||
| college credit for coursework; and | ||
| (D) includes, as an integral part of the program, | ||
| participation by students and teachers in activities of career and | ||
| technical student organizations supported by the agency and the | ||
| State Board of Education; [ |
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| (4) a school district provides, to the greatest extent | ||
| possible, to a student participating in a career and technology | ||
| education program opportunities to enroll in dual credit courses | ||
| designed to lead to a degree, license, or certification as part of | ||
| the program; and | ||
| (5) school districts and postsecondary educational | ||
| institutions have access to labor market information generated by | ||
| state agencies and guidance on the use of that information in | ||
| designing career and technology education courses. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
