Amend SB 1574 by adding the following new SECTIONS,
appropriately numbered, and by renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS
of the bill accordingly:
SECTION _____. Chapter 305, Labor Code, is transferred to
Chapter 264, Family Code, is redesignated as Subchapter I, Chapter
264, Family Code, and is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER I <CHAPTER 305>. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM
<SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS>
Sec. 264.751 <305.001>. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter
<chapter>:
(1) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency.
(2) "Communities In <in> Schools program" means an
exemplary youth dropout prevention program.
(3) "Delinquent conduct" has the meaning assigned by
Section 51.03.
(4) "Student at risk of dropping out of school" has
the meaning assigned by Section 29.081, Education Code, or means a
student who is eligible for a free or reduced lunch or is in family
conflict or crisis.
Sec. 264.752 <305.002>. STATEWIDE OPERATION OF PROGRAM. It
is the intent of the legislature that the Communities In <in>
Schools program operate throughout this state. It is also the
intent of the legislature that programs established under Chapter
305, Labor Code, and its predecessor statute, the Texas
Unemployment Compensation Act (Article 5221b-9d, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes), and programs established under this subchapter
shall remain eligible to participate in the Communities In Schools
program if funds are available and if their performance meets the
criteria established by the department for renewal of their
contracts.
<SUBCHAPTER B. OPERATION OF PROGRAM>
Sec. 264.753 <305.011>. STATE DIRECTOR <COORDINATOR>. The
executive director of the department shall designate <appoint> a
state director <coordinator> for the Communities In <in> Schools
program.
Sec. 264.754 <305.012>. DUTIES OF STATE DIRECTOR
<COORDINATOR>. The state director <coordinator> shall:
(1) coordinate the efforts of the Communities In
Schools program with other social service organizations and
agencies and with <of> public school personnel to provide services
to students who are at risk of dropping out of school or engaging
in delinquent conduct, including students who are in family
conflict or emotional crisis;
(2) set standards for the Communities In <in> Schools
program and establish state performance goals, objectives, and
measures for the program;
(3) obtain information <from each participating school
district> to determine accomplishment of state performance goals,
objectives, and measures <necessary program changes>;
(4) promote and market the program in communities in
which the program is not established;
(5) help communities that want to participate in the
program establish a local funding base; and
(6) provide training and technical assistance <train a
program director> for <each> participating communities and programs
<community>.
Sec. 264.755 <305.013>. AGENCY COOPERATION; MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING. (a) The agency, <and> the department, and
Communities In Schools, Inc. <commission> shall work together to
maximize the effectiveness of the Communities In <in> Schools
program.
(b) The agency and the department <commission> shall develop
and mutually agree to a memorandum of understanding to clearly
define the responsibilities of the <each> agency and of the
department under this subchapter <chapter>. The memorandum must
address:
(1) the role of the department <commission> in
encouraging local business to participate in local Communities In
<in> Schools programs;
(2) the role of the agency in obtaining information
from participating school districts;
(3) the use of federal or state funds available to the
agency or the department <commission> for programs of this nature;
and
(4) other areas identified by the agency and the
department <commission> that require clarification.
(c) The agency and the department <commission> shall adopt
rules to implement the memorandum and shall update the memorandum
and rules annually.
<SUBCHAPTER C. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM BY CERTAIN SCHOOLS>
Sec. 264.756 <305.021>. FUNDING; EXPANSION OF PARTICIPATION
<DESIGNATION OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS>. (a) The department <(b) To
determine participation in the second year of the 1996-97 state
fiscal biennium and subsequently, the state coordinator> shall
develop and implement an equitable <a> formula for the funding of
local Communities In <in> Schools programs. The formula may
provide for the reduction of <campuses that reduces, over a
five-year period beginning September 1, 1996, the> funds annually
contributed by the state to a local program by an amount not more
<less> than 50 percent of the amount contributed by the state for
<funding of the program in> the first year of the program <1996-97
state fiscal biennium>. The formula must consider the financial
resources of individual communities and school districts. Savings
accomplished through the implementation of the formula may be used
to extend services to <participation in the program to additional
campuses in> counties <or cities that are participating in the
program> and municipalities currently not served by a local <to
campuses in counties and cities that have not previously
participated in the> program or to extend services to counties and
municipalities currently served by an existing local program.
(b) <(c)> Each local Communities In <in> Schools program
shall develop a <five-year> funding plan <for campuses located in
the county or city that participate in the program under> which
ensures that the level <levels> of services is <service to those
campuses are> maintained if <as the proportion of> state funding is
reduced.
(c) <(d)> A local Communities In <in> Schools program may
accept federal funds, state funds, private contributions, grants,
and public and school district funds to support a campus
participating in the program.
Sec. 264.757 <305.022>. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM. An
elementary or secondary school designated under Section 264.756
<305.021> shall participate in a local <the> Communities In <in>
Schools program if the number of students enrolled in the school
who are at risk of dropping out of school is equal to at least 10
percent of the number of students in average daily attendance at
the school, as determined by the agency.
<SUBCHAPTER D. PROGRAM FUNDING>
Sec. 264.758 <305.031>. DONATIONS TO PROGRAM. (a) The
department <commission> may accept a donation of services or money
or other property that the department commission determines
furthers the lawful objectives of the department <commission> in
connection with the Communities In <in> Schools program.
(b) Each <Donations must be accepted in an open meeting by a
majority of the voting members of the commission. The> donation,
with the name of the donor and the purpose of the donation, must be
reported in the public records of the department <commission>.
SECTION _____. Subsection (a), Section 302.021, Labor Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) The following job-training, employment, and
employment-related educational programs and functions are
consolidated under the authority of the division:
(1) adult education programs under Subchapter H,
Chapter 29, Education Code;
(2) proprietary school programs under Chapter 132,
Education Code;
(3) apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133,
Education Code;
(4) postsecondary vocational and technical job-training
programs that are not a part of approved courses or programs that
lead to licensing, certification, or an associate degree under
Chapters 61, 130, and 135, Education Code, Subchapter E, Chapter
88, Education Code, and Subchapter E, Chapter 96, Education Code;
(5) employment programs under Chapter 31, Human
Resources Code;
(6) the senior citizens employment program under
Chapter 101, Human Resources Code;
(7) the work and family policies program under Chapter
81;
(8) job-training programs funded under the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. Section 1501 et seq.) and under the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 et seq.);
(9) the job counseling program for displaced homemakers
under Chapter 304;
(10) <the Communities in Schools program under Chapter
305;>
<(11)> the reintegration of offenders program under
Chapter 306;
(11) <(12)> the inmate employment counseling program
under Section 499.051(f), Government Code;
(12) <(13)> the continuity of care program under
Section 501.095, Government Code;
(13) <(14)> a literacy program from state, local,
federal, and private funds available to the state for that purpose
<under Section 481.026, Government Code>;
(14) <(15)> the employment service;
(15) <(16)> the community service program under the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12501
et seq.);
(16) <(17)> the trade adjustment assistance program
under Part 2, Subchapter II, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section
2271 et seq.);
(17) education, employment, employment support,
training services, activities and programs funded under Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (42 U.S.C.. Section 601 et seq.)
<(18) the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program under Part F,
Subchapter IV, Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 682)>;
(18) <(19)> the food stamp employment and training
program authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(d); and
(19) <(20)> the functions of the State Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee.
SECTION _____. Subsection (g), Section 302.062, Labor Code,
is amended as follows:
(g) Block grant funding under this section does not apply
to:
(1) the work and family policies program under Chapter
81;
(2) a program under the skills development fund
created under Chapter 303;
(3) the job counseling program for displaced
homemakers under Chapter 304;
(4) the Communities In <in> Schools program under
Subchapter I, Chapter 264, Family Code, the the extent that funds
are available to the commission for that program <Chapter 305>;
(5) The reintegration of offenders program under
Chapter 306;
(6) apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133,
Education Code;
(7) <the inmate employment counseling program under
Section 499.051(f), Government Code;>
<(8)> the continuity of care program under Section
501.095;
(8) <(9)> employment programs under Chapter 31, Human
Resources Code;
(9) <(10)> the senior citizens employment program
under Chapter 101, Human Resources Code;
(10) <(11)> the programs described by Section
302.021(b) (3);
(11) <(12)> the community service program under the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12501
et seq.);
(12) <(13)> the trade adjustment assistance program
under Part 2, Subchapter II, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section
2271 et seq.);
(13) <(14)> the programs to enhance the employment
opportunities of veterans; and
(14) <(15)> the functions of the State Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee.