AN ACT 1-1 relating to cooperative programs between certain educational 1-2 institutions under which students may work at the Lyndon B. Johnson 1-3 Space Center. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 111, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Sections 111.86 and 111.87 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 111.86. HIGH SCHOOL COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 1-8 (a) The university may establish and coordinate a cooperative 1-9 program with one or more school districts under which high school 1-10 students enrolled in those districts may be employed by the 1-11 university to work at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of the 1-12 National Aeronautics and Space Administration on a part-time basis 1-13 during the school year or on a part-time or full-time basis during 1-14 school holidays or vacations. 1-15 (b) The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center shall: 1-16 (1) place, supervise, and evaluate each student who 1-17 participates in the cooperative program; and 1-18 (2) ensure that the student performs work related to 1-19 the study of science, mathematics, or engineering to encourage 1-20 students to study those courses after high school graduation at an 1-21 institution of higher education. 1-22 (c) The school district in which a student who participates 1-23 in the cooperative program is enrolled shall, in cooperation with 1-24 the State Board of Education, determine the number, if any, and 2-1 type of credits toward high school graduation the student may be 2-2 given for participation in the program. If it is determined that 2-3 the student is to be given credit toward academic course 2-4 requirements for high school graduation, the number and type of 2-5 credits must be based on the type of work and the number of hours 2-6 of work in which the student participates. 2-7 (d) In establishing and coordinating the cooperative 2-8 program, the university may use state funds appropriated for that 2-9 purpose and gifts, grants, and donations solicited for that 2-10 purpose. The university shall use money it receives in accordance 2-11 with this subsection to pay the costs associated with the 2-12 cooperative program, including the wages of students who 2-13 participate in the cooperative program. 2-14 (e) A student who participates in the cooperative program 2-15 during regular school hours is considered to be attending school 2-16 for purposes of Section 25.085 during the time the student is 2-17 required under the program to be and is at work for the Lyndon B. 2-18 Johnson Space Center. 2-19 Sec. 111.87. JUNIOR COLLEGE COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 2-20 (a) The university may establish and coordinate a cooperative 2-21 program with one or more junior college districts under which 2-22 junior college students enrolled in those districts may be employed 2-23 by the university to work at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center 2-24 on a part-time or full-time basis. 2-25 (b) The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center shall: 2-26 (1) place, supervise, and evaluate each student who 3-1 participates in the cooperative program; and 3-2 (2) ensure that the student performs work related to 3-3 the study of science, mathematics, or engineering to encourage 3-4 students to study those disciplines at an institution of higher 3-5 education. 3-6 (c) The junior college in which a student who participates 3-7 in the cooperative program is enrolled shall, in cooperation with 3-8 the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, determine the 3-9 number, if any, and type of credits toward a certificate or an 3-10 associate degree the student may be given for participation in the 3-11 program. If it is determined that the student is to be given 3-12 credit toward academic course requirements for a certificate or an 3-13 associate degree, the number and type of credits must be based on 3-14 the type of work and the number of hours of work in which the 3-15 student participates. 3-16 (d) In establishing and coordinating the cooperative 3-17 program, the university may use state funds appropriated for that 3-18 purpose and gifts, grants, and donations solicited for that 3-19 purpose. The university shall use money it receives in accordance 3-20 with this subsection to pay the costs associated with the 3-21 cooperative program, including the wages of students who 3-22 participate in the cooperative program. 3-23 SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is 3-24 amended by adding Section 61.078 to read as follows: 3-25 Sec. 61.078. PUBLIC SENIOR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE 3-26 EDUCATION PROGRAM. (a) The board may establish and coordinate a 4-1 cooperative program with one or more public senior colleges or 4-2 universities under which undergraduate or graduate students 4-3 enrolled in those colleges or universities may be employed by the 4-4 board to work at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of the National 4-5 Aeronautics and Space Administration on a part-time or full-time 4-6 basis. 4-7 (b) The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center shall: 4-8 (1) place, supervise, and evaluate each student who 4-9 participates in the cooperative program; and 4-10 (2) ensure that the student performs work related to 4-11 the study of science, mathematics, or engineering to encourage 4-12 students to complete their studies in those disciplines. 4-13 (c) The public senior college or university in which a 4-14 student who participates in the cooperative program is enrolled 4-15 shall, in cooperation with the board, determine the number, if any, 4-16 and type of credits toward graduation the student may be given for 4-17 participation in the program. If the college or university 4-18 determines that the student is to be given academic course credit 4-19 toward graduation, the number and type of credits must be based on 4-20 the type of work and the number of hours of work in which the 4-21 student participates. 4-22 (d) In establishing and coordinating the cooperative 4-23 program, the board may use state funds appropriated for that 4-24 purpose and gifts, grants, and donations solicited for that 4-25 purpose. The board shall use money it receives in accordance with 4-26 this subsection to pay the costs associated with the cooperative 5-1 program, including the wages of students who participate in the 5-2 cooperative program. 5-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 5-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 5-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 5-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 5-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 5-8 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 5-9 passage, and it is so enacted. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1026 passed the Senate on April 14, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 28, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1026 passed the House, with amendments, on May 26, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two present not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor