S.B. No. 959
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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.
 
 
  ______________________________
  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.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor