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HOUSE BILL 2401 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Keffer et al. |
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EFFECTIVE: 9-1-99 |
SENATE SPONSOR: R. Ellis |
House Bill 2401 amends the Labor Code and the Education Code to provide for the establishment of voluntary workforce training programs for certain students that integrate a high school curriculum with private sector workplace training and postsecondary education. The act sets forth requirements and duties for the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Workforce Commission relating to administration of the programs and includes requirements for program certification standards, written agreements between individual participants and employers, tech-prep program development, the creation of regional tech-prep consortia, and the allotment of federal tech-prep implementation money, including requirements for grants awarded under the program.