Bill Text: TX SB2109 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the state plan for career and technology education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Education [SB2109 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2109-Introduced.html
86R13890 MP-D | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 2109 |
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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 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, 2019. |