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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the addition of a service readiness component to the |
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college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the |
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Foundation School Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.263(e), Education Code, as effective |
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September 1, 2023, is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) For purposes of the college, career, [or] military, or |
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service readiness outcomes bonus under Section 48.110, |
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notwithstanding Subsection (f) of that section, an annual graduate |
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of an adult education program operated under a charter granted |
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under this subchapter demonstrates career readiness by earning an |
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industry-accepted certificate not later than six months after |
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completing the program. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 48.110, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 48.110. COLLEGE, CAREER, [OR] MILITARY, OR SERVICE |
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READINESS OUTCOMES BONUS. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 48.110(b), (c), (d), (f), (g), and (i), |
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Education Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) For purposes of the outcomes bonus under this section, |
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the commissioner shall determine the threshold percentage as |
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provided by Subsection (g) for college, career, [or] military, or |
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service readiness as described by Subsection (f) for each of the |
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following cohorts: |
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(1) annual graduates who are educationally |
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disadvantaged; |
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(2) annual graduates who are not educationally |
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disadvantaged; and |
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(3) annual graduates who are enrolled in a special |
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education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, regardless of |
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whether the annual graduates are educationally disadvantaged. |
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(c) Each year, the commissioner shall determine for each |
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school district the minimum number of annual graduates in each |
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cohort described by Subsection (b) who would have to demonstrate |
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college, career, [or] military, or service readiness as described |
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by Subsection (f) in order for the district to achieve a percentage |
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of college, career, [or] military, or service readiness for that |
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cohort equal to the threshold percentage established for that |
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cohort under Subsection (b). |
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(d) For each annual graduate in a cohort described by |
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Subsection (b) who demonstrates college, career, [or] military, or |
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service readiness as described by Subsection (f) in excess of the |
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minimum number of students determined for the applicable district |
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cohort under Subsection (c), a school district is entitled to an |
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annual outcomes bonus of: |
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(1) if the annual graduate is educationally |
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disadvantaged, $5,000; |
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(2) if the annual graduate is not educationally |
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disadvantaged, $3,000; and |
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(3) if the annual graduate is enrolled in a special |
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education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, $2,000, |
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regardless of whether the annual graduate is educationally |
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disadvantaged. |
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(f) For purposes of this section, an annual graduate |
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demonstrates: |
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(1) college readiness if the annual graduate: |
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(A) both: |
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(i) achieves college readiness standards |
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used for accountability purposes under Chapter 39 on the ACT, the |
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SAT, or an assessment instrument designated by the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board under Section 51.334; and |
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(ii) during a time period established by |
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commissioner rule, enrolls at a postsecondary educational |
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institution; or |
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(B) earns an associate degree from a |
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postsecondary educational institution approved by the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board while attending high school or during |
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a time period established by commissioner rule; |
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(2) career readiness if the annual graduate: |
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(A) achieves college readiness standards used |
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for accountability purposes under Chapter 39 on the ACT, the SAT, or |
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an assessment instrument designated by the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board under Section 51.334; and |
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(B) during a time period established by |
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commissioner rule, earns an industry-accepted certificate; [and] |
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(3) military readiness if the annual graduate: |
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(A) achieves a passing score set by the |
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applicable military branch on the Armed Services Vocational |
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Aptitude Battery; and |
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(B) during a time period established by |
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commissioner rule, enlists in the armed forces of the United States |
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or the Texas National Guard; and |
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(4) service readiness if the annual graduate enrolls |
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in an AmeriCorps program not later than the last day of the seventh |
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month after graduation from high school. |
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(g) The commissioner shall establish the threshold |
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percentages under Subsection (b) using the 25th percentile of |
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statewide college, career, [or] military, or service readiness as |
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described by Subsection (f) for the applicable cohort of annual |
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graduates during the 2016-2017 school year. |
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(i) At least 55 percent of the funds allocated under this |
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section must be used in grades 8 through 12 to improve college, |
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career, [and] military, and service readiness outcomes as described |
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by Subsection (f). |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |