1-1 By: Brown, Jackson S.B. No. 1026 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 1999; March 10, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 7, 1999, 1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 7, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1026 By: West 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to cooperative programs between certain educational 1-10 institutions under which students may work at the Lyndon B. Johnson 1-11 Space Center. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is 1-14 amended by adding Sections 130.010 and 130.011 to read as follows: 1-15 Sec. 130.010. HIGH SCHOOL COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 1-16 (a) The junior college district in which the Lyndon B. Johnson 1-17 Space Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1-18 is located may establish and coordinate a cooperative program with 1-19 one or more school districts under which high school students 1-20 enrolled in those districts may be employed by the junior college 1-21 district to work at the space center on a part-time basis during 1-22 the school year or on a part-time or full-time basis during school 1-23 holidays or vacations. 1-24 (b) The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center shall: 1-25 (1) place, supervise, and evaluate each student who 1-26 participates in the cooperative program; and 1-27 (2) ensure that the student performs work related to 1-28 the study of science, mathematics, or engineering to encourage 1-29 students to study those courses after high school graduation at an 1-30 institution of higher education. 1-31 (c) The school district in which a student who participates 1-32 in the cooperative program is enrolled shall, in cooperation with 1-33 the State Board of Education, determine the number, if any, and 1-34 type of credits toward high school graduation the student may be 1-35 given for participation in the program. If it is determined that 1-36 the student is to be given credit toward academic course 1-37 requirements for high school graduation, the number and type of 1-38 credits must be based on the type of work and the number of hours 1-39 of work in which the student participates. 1-40 (d) In establishing and coordinating the cooperative 1-41 program, the junior college district may use state funds 1-42 appropriated for that purpose and gifts, grants, and donations 1-43 solicited for that purpose. The junior college district shall use 1-44 money it receives in accordance with this subsection to pay the 1-45 costs associated with the cooperative program, including the wages 1-46 of students who participate in the cooperative program. 1-47 (e) A student who participates in the cooperative program 1-48 during regular school hours is considered to be attending school 1-49 for purposes of Section 25.085 during the time the student is 1-50 required under the program to be and is at work for the Lyndon B. 1-51 Johnson Space Center. 1-52 Sec. 130.011. JUNIOR COLLEGE COOPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 1-53 (a) The junior college district in which the Lyndon B. Johnson 1-54 Space Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1-55 is located may establish and coordinate a cooperative program with 1-56 one or more junior college districts under which junior college 1-57 students enrolled in those districts may be employed by the junior 1-58 college district in which the space center is located to work at 1-59 the space center on a part-time or full-time basis. 1-60 (b) The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center shall: 1-61 (1) place, supervise, and evaluate each student who 1-62 participates in the cooperative program; and 1-63 (2) ensure that the student performs work related to 1-64 the study of science, mathematics, or engineering to encourage 2-1 students to study those disciplines at an institution of higher 2-2 education. 2-3 (c) The junior college in which a student who participates 2-4 in the cooperative program is enrolled shall, in cooperation with 2-5 the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, determine the 2-6 number, if any, and type of credits toward a certificate or an 2-7 associate degree the student may be given for participation in the 2-8 program. If it is determined that the student is to be given 2-9 credit toward academic course requirements for a certificate or an 2-10 associate degree, the number and type of credits must be based on 2-11 the type of work and the number of hours of work in which the 2-12 student participates. 2-13 (d) In establishing and coordinating the cooperative 2-14 program, the junior college district may use state funds 2-15 appropriated for that purpose and gifts, grants, and donations 2-16 solicited for that purpose. The junior college district shall use 2-17 money it receives in accordance with this subsection to pay the 2-18 costs associated with the cooperative program, including the wages 2-19 of students who participate in the cooperative program. 2-20 SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 109, Education Code, is 2-21 amended by adding Section 109.53 to read as follows: 2-22 Sec. 109.53. PUBLIC SENIOR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE 2-23 EDUCATION PROGRAM. (a) The board may establish and coordinate a 2-24 cooperative program with one or more public senior colleges or 2-25 universities under which undergraduate or graduate students 2-26 enrolled in those colleges or universities may be employed by Texas 2-27 Tech University to work at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of 2-28 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on a part-time or 2-29 full-time basis. 2-30 (b) The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center shall: 2-31 (1) place, supervise, and evaluate each student who 2-32 participates in the cooperative program; and 2-33 (2) ensure that the student performs work related to 2-34 the study of science, mathematics, or engineering to encourage 2-35 students to complete their studies in those disciplines. 2-36 (c) The public senior college or university in which a 2-37 student who participates in the cooperative program is enrolled 2-38 shall, in cooperation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating 2-39 Board, determine the number, if any, and type of credits toward 2-40 graduation the student may be given for participation in the 2-41 program. If the college or university determines that the student 2-42 is to be given academic course credit toward graduation, the number 2-43 and type of credits must be based on the type of work and the 2-44 number of hours of work in which the student participates. 2-45 (d) In establishing and coordinating the cooperative 2-46 program, the board may use state funds appropriated for that 2-47 purpose and gifts, grants, and donations solicited for that 2-48 purpose. The board shall use money it receives in accordance with 2-49 this subsection to pay the costs associated with the cooperative 2-50 program, including the wages of students who participate in the 2-51 cooperative program. 2-52 (e) In this section, "public senior college or university" 2-53 has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. 2-54 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-55 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-56 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-57 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-58 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-59 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-60 passage, and it is so enacted. 2-61 * * * * *