Bill Text: TX SB959 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to student success-based funding recommendations for certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public junior colleges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB959-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 959 |
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relating to student success-based funding recommendations for | ||
certain continuing workforce education courses offered by public | ||
junior colleges. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.0593, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: | ||
(f-1) In making its recommendations under Subsection (f) | ||
relating to institutional appropriations of incentive funds for | ||
public junior colleges based on achievement on student success | ||
measures, the board, in the manner and to the extent the board | ||
considers appropriate and in consultation with those colleges, | ||
shall incorporate the consideration of student success measures, | ||
and include appropriate funding recommendations based on those | ||
success measures, achieved in qualified continuing workforce | ||
education courses offered by those colleges for which credit toward | ||
a certificate or associate's degree is not awarded. For purposes of | ||
this subsection, a continuing workforce education course is | ||
considered qualified if the course is consistent with the role and | ||
mission of a public junior college and is designed to prepare | ||
students with skills necessary to attain external workforce | ||
credentials, including a certification or license, or employment in | ||
a specific high-demand occupation, regardless of whether the course | ||
is part of a recognized sequence of courses that requires a specific | ||
number of contact hours. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 959 passed the Senate on | ||
April 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 959 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 120, | ||
Nays 26, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |