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House Bill 3662 |
House Author: Clardy et al. |
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Effective: 6-10-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Seliger |
House Bill 3662 amends the Education Code to establish the Texas Workforce Innovation Needs Program to support public schools and institutions of higher education that provide education and training in an innovative form and manner to prepare students for careers for which there is demand in Texas. The bill requires an applicant school district or institution of higher education to submit a detailed instruction and accountability plan to the commissioner of education as prescribed by the bill, and it requires the commissioner to select those school districts and institutions of higher education that present plans that are most likely to be effective. The bill also requires the commissioner to convene program leaders periodically to discuss methods to transform learning opportunities for all students and, until January 1, 2020, to submit to the governor and the legislature reports concerning the performance and progress of the program participants. The bill authorizes the program participants and the commissioner to accept gifts, grants, and donations for the program and authorizes the commissioner to charge a fee to program participants to cover the costs of administering the program.