1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to career and technology education and training.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 4.001(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (b) The objectives of public education are:
1-7 OBJECTIVE 1: Parents will be full partners with educators in
1-8 the education of their children.
1-9 OBJECTIVE 2: Students will be encouraged and challenged to
1-10 meet their full educational potential.
1-11 OBJECTIVE 3: Through enhanced dropout prevention efforts,
1-12 all students will remain in school until they obtain a high school
1-13 diploma.
1-14 OBJECTIVE 4: A well-balanced and appropriate curriculum will
1-15 be provided to all students.
1-16 OBJECTIVE 5: Qualified and highly effective personnel will
1-17 be recruited, developed, and retained.
1-18 OBJECTIVE 6: The state's students will demonstrate exemplary
1-19 performance in comparison to national and international standards.
1-20 OBJECTIVE 7: School campuses will maintain a safe and
1-21 disciplined environment conducive to student learning.
1-22 OBJECTIVE 8: Educators will keep abreast of the development
1-23 of creative and innovative techniques in instruction and
1-24 administration using those techniques as appropriate to improve
2-1 student learning.
2-2 OBJECTIVE 9: Technology will be implemented and used to
2-3 increase the effectiveness of student learning, instructional
2-4 management, staff development, and administration.
2-5 OBJECTIVE 10: School districts will offer programs of study
2-6 for broad career concentrations in areas of agriculture science
2-7 technology, arts and communication, business education, family and
2-8 consumer science, health occupations technology, trade and
2-9 industry, and technology education that will prepare students for
2-10 continued learning and postsecondary education in employment
2-11 settings.
2-12 SECTION 2. Section 11.251(b), Education Code, is amended to
2-13 read as follows:
2-14 (b) The board shall adopt a policy to establish a
2-15 district- and campus-level planning and decision-making process
2-16 that will involve the professional staff of the district, parents,
2-17 and community members in establishing and reviewing the district's
2-18 and campuses' educational plans, goals, performance objectives, and
2-19 major classroom instructional programs. The board shall establish
2-20 a procedure under which meetings are held regularly by
2-21 district- and campus-level planning and decision-making committees
2-22 that include representative professional staff, parents of students
2-23 enrolled in the district, business and industry representatives,
2-24 and community members. The committees shall include a business and
2-25 industry representative [representatives,] without regard to
2-26 whether the [a business] representative resides in the district or
2-27 whether the business or industry the person represents is located
3-1 in the district. The board, or the board's designee, shall
3-2 periodically meet with the district-level committee to review the
3-3 district-level committee's deliberations.
3-4 SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
3-5 amended by adding Section 29.1821 to read as follows:
3-6 Sec. 29.1821. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ADVISORY
3-7 BOARD. (a) The Career and Technology Education Advisory Board
3-8 consists of nine members appointed by the commissioner.
3-9 (b) The board must include:
3-10 (1) one representative from the agency;
3-11 (2) one representative from the Texas Workforce
3-12 Commission;
3-13 (3) two members who represent the business and
3-14 industry community;
3-15 (4) three members who represent educators,
3-16 administrators, or parents; and
3-17 (5) two members who represent institutions of higher
3-18 education.
3-19 (c) A member of the board serves at the pleasure of the
3-20 commissioner.
3-21 (d) A member of the board may not:
3-22 (1) receive compensation for service on the board; or
3-23 (2) be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred while
3-24 conducting the business of the board.
3-25 (e) The board shall:
3-26 (1) assist the agency in developing the state plan for
3-27 career and technology education required under Section 29.182; and
4-1 (2) on request, assist school districts in developing
4-2 career and technology programs under this subchapter.
4-3 SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
4-4 amended by adding Section 29.187 to read as follows:
4-5 Sec. 29.187. AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN CAREER
4-6 AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION; PROGRAM. (a) In addition to the
4-7 authority granted under Section 29.183, the board of trustees of a
4-8 school district may develop and offer a program under which a
4-9 student may:
4-10 (1) receive specific education in a career and
4-11 technology profession that:
4-12 (A) leads to postsecondary education; or
4-13 (B) meets or exceeds business or industry
4-14 standards; and
4-15 (2) obtain from the district an award for
4-16 distinguished achievement in career and technology education and a
4-17 stamp or other notation on the student's transcript that indicates
4-18 receipt of the award.
4-19 (b) An award granted under this section is not in lieu of a
4-20 diploma or certificate of coursework completion issued under
4-21 Section 28.025.
4-22 (c) In developing a program under this section, the board of
4-23 trustees of a school district shall consider the state plan for
4-24 career and technology education required under Section 29.182.
4-25 (d) The board of trustees of a school district may contract
4-26 with an entity listed in Section 29.184(a) for assistance in
4-27 developing the program or providing instruction to district
5-1 students participating in the program.
5-2 (e) The board of trustees of a school district may also
5-3 contract with a local business or a local institution of higher
5-4 education for assistance in developing or operating a program under
5-5 this section. A program may provide education in areas of
5-6 technology unique to the local area.
5-7 (f) The board of trustees of a school district may provide
5-8 insurance to protect a business that contracts with the district
5-9 under Subsection (e) against liability for a bodily injury
5-10 sustained by or the death of a district student while working for
5-11 the business as part of a program established under this section.
5-12 The amount of insurance the district provides must be reasonable
5-13 considering the financial condition of the district. The insurance
5-14 must be:
5-15 (1) obtained from a reliable insurer authorized to
5-16 engage in business in the state; and
5-17 (2) submitted on a form approved by the commissioner
5-18 of insurance.
5-19 (g) The board of trustees of a school district must submit a
5-20 proposed program under this section to the commissioner in
5-21 accordance with criteria established by the commissioner.
5-22 SECTION 5. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
5-23 amended by adding Section 29.188 to read as follows:
5-24 Sec. 29.188. RECOGNITION OF SUCCESSFUL CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY
5-25 EDUCATION PROGRAM. The governor is encouraged to present a
5-26 proclamation or certificate to each member of the business and
5-27 industry community that the Texas Workforce Commission, in
6-1 cooperation with the agency, determines has successfully assisted
6-2 in the provision of a career and technology education program under
6-3 this subchapter.
6-4 SECTION 6. Section 61.077(b), Education Code, is amended to
6-5 read as follows:
6-6 (b) The purposes of this committee shall include the
6-7 following:
6-8 (1) to advise the two boards on the coordination of
6-9 postsecondary career and technology education and the articulation
6-10 between postsecondary career and technology education and secondary
6-11 career and technology education;
6-12 (2) to facilitate the transfer of responsibilities for
6-13 the administration of postsecondary career and technology education
6-14 from the State Board of Education to the board in accordance with
6-15 Section 111(a)(I) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act,
6-16 Public Law 98-524;
6-17 (3) to cooperate with [advise] the Career and
6-18 Technology Education Advisory Board, the commissioner of higher
6-19 education, and the State Board of Education, when it acts as the
6-20 State Board for Career and Technology Education, on the following:
6-21 (A) the transfer of federal funds to the board
6-22 for allotment to eligible public postsecondary institutions of
6-23 higher education;
6-24 (B) the career and technology education funding
6-25 for projects and institutions as determined by the board when the
6-26 State Board for Career and Technology Education is required by
6-27 federal law to endorse such determinations;
7-1 (C) the development and updating of the state
7-2 plan for career and technology education and the evaluation of
7-3 programs, services, and activities of postsecondary career and
7-4 technology education and such amendments to the state plan for
7-5 career and technology education as may relate to postsecondary
7-6 education;
7-7 (D) other matters related to postsecondary
7-8 career and technology education; and
7-9 (E) the coordination of curricula, instructional
7-10 programs, research, and other functions as appropriate, including
7-11 areas listed in Section 61.076 of this code, school-to-work and
7-12 school-to-college transition programs, and professional development
7-13 activities; and
7-14 (4) to advise the Council on Workforce and Economic
7-15 Competitiveness on educational policy issues related to workforce
7-16 preparation.
7-17 SECTION 7. Section 41.123, Education Code, is amended to
7-18 read as follows:
7-19 Sec. 41.123. WADA COUNT. For purposes of Chapter 42,
7-20 students served under an agreement under this subchapter are
7-21 counted only in the weighted average daily attendance of the
7-22 district providing the services, except that students served under
7-23 an agreement authorized by Section 41.125 are counted in a manner
7-24 determined by the commissioner.
7-25 SECTION 8. Subchapter E, Chapter 41, Education Code, is
7-26 amended by adding Section 41.125 to read as follows:
7-27 Sec. 41.125. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a)
8-1 The board of trustees of a school district with a wealth per
8-2 student that exceeds the equalized wealth level may reduce the
8-3 district's wealth per student by executing an agreement to provide
8-4 students of one or more other districts with career and technology
8-5 education through a program designated as an area program for
8-6 career and technology education.
8-7 (b) The agreement is not effective unless the commissioner
8-8 certifies that:
8-9 (1) implementation of the agreement will not result in
8-10 any of the affected districts' wealth per student being greater
8-11 than the equalized wealth level; and
8-12 (2) the agreement requires the district with a wealth
8-13 per student that exceeds the equalized wealth level to make
8-14 expenditures benefiting students from other districts in an amount
8-15 at least equal to the amount that would be required for the
8-16 district to purchase the number of attendance credits under
8-17 Subchapter D necessary, in combination with any other actions taken
8-18 under this chapter other than an action under this section, to
8-19 reduce the district's wealth per student to a level that is equal
8-20 to or less than the equalized wealth level.
8-21 (c) The board of trustees of the school district shall
8-22 obtain voter approval of the agreement in the manner provided by
8-23 Section 41.122, except that the ballot shall be printed to permit
8-24 voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing the board of
8-25 trustees of _________ School District to provide career and
8-26 technology education to students of other school districts with
8-27 local tax revenues."
9-1 SECTION 9. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is amended
9-2 by adding Section 301.0611 to read as follows:
9-3 Sec. 301.0611. COORDINATION OF CERTAIN AWARDS AND
9-4 INCENTIVES. The commission, in cooperation with the Texas Education
9-5 Agency, the comptroller, and the Texas Higher Education
9-6 Coordinating Board, shall prepare and make available to the public
9-7 a list of all awards and incentives available for business
9-8 participation in:
9-9 (1) a school district's career and technology
9-10 education program under Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code;
9-11 or
9-12 (2) any other career and technology education
9-13 training.
9-14 SECTION 10. Section 481.156(a), Government Code, is amended
9-15 to read as follows:
9-16 (a) The following may apply for a grant under this
9-17 subchapter:
9-18 (1) one or more employers to secure training;
9-19 (2) one or more employers acting in partnership with
9-20 an employer organization, labor organization, or community-based
9-21 organization to secure training; [or]
9-22 (3) one or more employers acting in partnership with a
9-23 consortium composed of more than one provider to secure training;
9-24 or
9-25 (4) a provider, to the extent consistent with Section
9-26 481.155.
9-27 SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, except
10-1 that Sections 1, 2, and 4 take effect immediately and apply
10-2 beginning with the 2001-2002 school year if this Act receives a
10-3 vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
10-4 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
10-5 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect,
10-6 Sections 1, 2, and 4 take effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 660 was passed by the House on May 4,
2001, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 660 on May 25, 2001, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 660 on May 27, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 139,
Nays 2, 1 present, not voting.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 660 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays
4, 1 present, not voting; at the request of the House, the Senate
appointed a conference committee to consider the differences
between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted the conference
committee report on H.B. No. 660 on May 27, 2001, by the following
vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor