SRC-SLL, DPW S.B. 1026 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research CenterS.B. 1026 By: Brown Education 8/12/1999 Enrolled DIGEST Currently, the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) provides degree-related paid employment to about 150 college students annually. A student's work tours are alternated with periods of full-time study at a the student's college or university. This bill authorizes the state to expand the federal college and university level cooperative education programs at NASA-JSC, and allows the state to create a high school cooperative education program at the facility. PURPOSE As enrolled, S.B. 1026 authorizes certain educational institutions to establish cooperative programs to employ students at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 111E, Education Code, by adding Sections 111.86 and 111.87, as follows: Sec. 111.86. HIGH SCHOOL COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. Authorizes the University of Houston-Clear Lake (university) to establish and coordinate a cooperative program of one or more school districts under which certain high school students may be employed by the university to work at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (JSC) on a part-time or full-time basis during certain times of the school year. Requires JSC to place, supervise, and evaluate each participant in the cooperative program and ensure that students enrolled in the program perform work related to certain fields of study. Requires school districts, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, to determine the number and type of credits given for participation in the program. Authorizes the university to use state funds, gifts, grants and donations for establishing and coordinating the program. Requires the university to use money received in accordance with this subsection to pay costs associated with the cooperative program. Provides that a student is considered to be attending school for the purposes of Section 25.085, while working at JSC during regular school hours. Sec. 111.87. JUNIOR COLLEGE COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. Authorizes the university to establish and coordinate with one or more junior college districts under which junior college students may be employed by the university to work at JSC on a parttime or full-time basis. Requires JSC to place, supervise, and evaluate each participant in the cooperative program and ensure that students enrolled in the program perform work related to certain fields of study. Requires the district, in cooperation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (board), to determine the number and type of credits given for participation in the program. Requires the district to use money received in accordance with this subsection to pay costs associated with the cooperative program. Authorizes the university to use state funds, gifts, grants, and donations for establishing and coordinating the program. Requires the university to use money received in accordance with this subsection to pay costs associated with the cooperative program. SECTION 2. Amends Chapter 61C, Education Code, by adding Section 61.078, as follows: Sec. 61.07823. PUBLIC SENIOR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. Authorizes the board to establish and coordinate a cooperative program with one or more public senior colleges or universities under which undergraduate or graduate students may be employed by the board to work at JSC on a part-time or full-time basis. Requires JSC to place, supervise, and evaluate each participant in the cooperative program and ensure that students enrolled in the program perform work related to certain fields of study. Requires the public senior college or university, in cooperation with the board, to determine the number and type of credits given for participation in the program. Requires the senior college or university to use money received in accordance with this subsection to pay costs associated with the cooperative program. Authorizes the board to use state funds, gifts, grants, and donations for establishing and coordinating the program. Requires the board to use money received in accordance with this subsection to pay costs associated with the cooperative program. SECTION 3.Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.