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Senate Bill 441 |
Senate Author: Birdwell et al. |
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Effective: 6-10-13 |
House Sponsor: Davis, John et al. |
Senate Bill 441 amends the Labor Code to establish the Texas Fast Start Program to support competency-based, rapid-deployment education delivery models for use by public junior colleges, public state colleges, and public technical institutes. The program is administered by the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board using state appropriations, federal money, or money from holding accounts that may be used by the commission for skills development. The bill authorizes the commission to award grants to support fast start programs and sets out requirements for the grants and the programs.