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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board of certain responsibilities relating to postsecondary |
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education and career counseling. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 33.009(a), (b), (c), (e), (h), and (i), |
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Education Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In this section, "coordinating board" ["center"] means |
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the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board [Center for Teaching |
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and Learning at The University of Texas at Austin]. |
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(b) The coordinating board [center] shall develop and make |
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available postsecondary education and career counseling academies |
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for school counselors and other postsecondary advisors employed by |
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a school district at a middle school, junior high school, or high |
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school. |
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(c) In developing academies under this section, the |
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coordinating board [center] shall solicit input from the agency, |
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school counselors, the Texas Workforce Commission, institutions of |
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higher education, and business, community, and school leaders. |
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(e) The coordinating board [center] shall develop an online |
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instructional program that school districts may use in providing |
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the instruction in high school, college, and career preparation |
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required by Section 28.016. The program must be structured for use |
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as part of an existing course. |
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(h) From funds appropriated for that purpose, a school |
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counselor who attends the academy under this section is entitled to |
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receive a stipend in the amount determined by the coordinating |
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board [center]. If funds are available after all eligible school |
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counselors have received a stipend under this subsection, the |
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coordinating board [center] shall pay a stipend in the amount |
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determined by the coordinating board [center] to a teacher who |
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attends the academy under this section. A stipend received under |
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this subsection is not considered in determining whether a district |
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is paying the school counselor or teacher the minimum monthly |
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salary under Section 21.402. |
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(i) From available funds appropriated for purposes of this |
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section, the coordinating board [center] may provide to school |
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counselors and other educators curricula, instructional materials, |
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and technological tools relating to postsecondary education and |
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career counseling. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 33.009(f) and (j), Education Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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