By: Ellis S.R. No. 1201
SENATE RESOLUTION
1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 77th
1-2 Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
1-3 suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
1-4 conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate
1-5 Bill No. 1057, relating to the administration of the TEXAS grant
1-6 program and to the dissemination of student financial aid
1-7 information, to consider and take action on the following specific
1-8 matter:
1-9 Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to
1-10 add text that is not included in either the House or Senate version
1-11 of the bill, SECTIONs 3 through 10 and Subsections (b) and (c),
1-12 SECTION 11, to read as follows:
1-13 SECTION 3. Section 56.309, Education Code, is redesignated
1-14 as Subchapter O, Chapter 56, Education Code, and amended to read as
1-15 follows:
1-16 SUBCHAPTER O. TEACH FOR TEXAS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
1-17 Sec. 56.351. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
1-18 (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
1-19 Education Coordinating Board.
1-20 (2) "Eligible institution of higher education" means:
1-21 (A) an institution of higher education; or
1-22 (B) a private or independent institution of
1-23 higher education as defined by Section 61.003.
1-24 Sec. 56.352 [56.309]. PURPOSE OF [TEACH FOR TEXAS GRANT]
1-25 PROGRAM. [(a)] The purpose of this subchapter [the Teach for
2-1 Texas grant program] is to attract to the teaching profession
2-2 persons who have expressed interest in teaching and to support the
2-3 certification of those persons as classroom teachers by providing a
2-4 grant on the condition that the recipient serve as a classroom
2-5 teacher in the public schools of this state for a specified period.
2-6 Sec. 56.353. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT; TEACHING AGREEMENT. (a)
2-7 [(b)] A Teach for Texas [tuition] grant is available only to a
2-8 person who [receives a TEXAS grant under Section 56.304 or 56.305,]
2-9 applies for a [Teach for Texas tuition] grant[,] and:
2-10 (1) is seeking educator certification;
2-11 (2) is enrolled in an eligible institution of higher
2-12 education in this state:
2-13 (A) as a junior or senior in a baccalaureate
2-14 degree program; or
2-15 (B) in the person's first academic year in an
2-16 educator certification program after receiving a baccalaureate
2-17 degree;
2-18 (3) makes satisfactory progress toward completion of
2-19 the person's educator certification program; and
2-20 (4) satisfies one of the following [if]:
2-21 (A) the person is seeking educator certification
2-22 [(1) the degree program is] in a teaching field certified by the
2-23 commissioner of education as experiencing a critical shortage of
2-24 teachers in this state in the year in which the person receives the
2-25 grant and agrees to teach full-time for five years at the
2-26 preschool, primary, or secondary level in a public school in this
3-1 state in that teaching field [begins the degree program]; or
3-2 (B) [(2)] the person agrees to teach full-time
3-3 for five years at the preschool, primary, or secondary level in a
3-4 public school in this state in a community, which is not required
3-5 to be specifically designated at the time the person receives the
3-6 grant, certified by the commissioner of education as experiencing a
3-7 critical shortage of teachers in any year in which the person
3-8 receives a grant under this subchapter [section] or in any
3-9 subsequent year in which the person fulfills the teaching
3-10 obligation.
3-11 (b) The coordinating board in awarding Teach for Texas
3-12 grants shall give priority to applicants who demonstrate financial
3-13 need.
3-14 (c) If the money available for grants in a period for which
3-15 grants are awarded exceeds the amount needed to provide grants to
3-16 all eligible applicants described by Subsection (b), the
3-17 coordinating board shall award grants from the remaining money to
3-18 additional eligible applicants. The coordinating board shall
3-19 prescribe by rule the eligibility requirements for these applicants
3-20 based on the factors that the coordinating board considers
3-21 appropriate to further the purposes of this subchapter.
3-22 (d) If the money available for grants in a period for which
3-23 grants are awarded is insufficient to provide grants to all
3-24 eligible applicants described by Subsection (b), the coordinating
3-25 board shall give the highest priority to applicants who demonstrate
3-26 the greatest financial need.
4-1 (e) A person may not receive a Teach for Texas tuition grant
4-2 for more than three academic years or the equivalent.
4-3 (f) A person is not eligible to receive a Teach for Texas
4-4 grant if the person has been convicted of a felony or an offense
4-5 under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code (Texas Controlled
4-6 Substances Act), or under the law of another jurisdiction involving
4-7 a controlled substance, as defined by Chapter 481, Health and
4-8 Safety Code, unless the person has met the other applicable
4-9 eligibility requirements under this subchapter and has:
4-10 (1) received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
4-11 Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
4-12 completed a period of probation ordered by a court, and at least
4-13 two years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion;
4-14 or
4-15 (2) been pardoned, had the record of the offense
4-16 expunged from the person's record, or otherwise has been released
4-17 from the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under this
4-18 subchapter.
4-19 (g) For the purpose of this section, a person makes
4-20 satisfactory academic progress toward completion of an educator
4-21 certification program if the person:
4-22 (1) completes at least 75 percent of the semester
4-23 credit hours attempted in the student's most recent academic year;
4-24 and
4-25 (2) earns an overall grade point average of at least
4-26 2.5 on a four-point scale or the equivalent on coursework
5-1 previously attempted at institutions of higher education.
5-2 Sec. 56.354. AMOUNT OF GRANT; PAYMENT OF GRANT. (a) The
5-3 amount of a Teach for Texas grant is equal to four times the
5-4 current amount of a TEXAS grant under Subchapter M for a student
5-5 enrolled in a general academic teaching institution [To receive a
5-6 Teach for Texas tuition grant, a person must agree to teach
5-7 full-time for five years at the preschool, primary, or secondary
5-8 level in a public school in this state in the person's chosen
5-9 critical field or in a community experiencing a critical teacher
5-10 shortage, as applicable].
5-11 (b) [(d)] The coordinating board shall pay the amount of a
5-12 Teach for Texas [tuition] grant in installments, with a
5-13 substantially equal amount paid in each semester or term based on
5-14 the number of semesters in which a typical full-time student would
5-15 complete the recipient's educator certification program. The
5-16 coordinating board may adjust the amount of a grant for a semester
5-17 or term, or award a supplemental grant, to ensure that a grant
5-18 recipient who completes the educator certification program receives
5-19 the total amount of the recipient's grant [under this section is
5-20 equal to two times the amount of a TEXAS grant authorized under
5-21 Section 56.307(b) for the same semester or term].
5-22 Sec. 56.355. ELIGIBILITY FOR TEXAS GRANT NOT AFFECTED. A
5-23 person may receive both a TEXAS grant under Subchapter M [Section
5-24 56.304 or 56.305] and a Teach for Texas grant under this subchapter
5-25 [section] for the same semester or term.
5-26 Sec. 56.356. SATISFYING TEACHING OBLIGATION; REPAYMENT.
6-1 (a) A person who receives a Teach for Texas grant [(e) The
6-2 person] must begin fulfilling the teaching obligation of the
6-3 person's grant [this section] not later than the 18th month after
6-4 the person completes the educator certification program for which
6-5 the person received the grant [degree program and any related
6-6 courses required for teacher certification], unless the
6-7 coordinating board grants the person additional time to begin
6-8 fulfilling the teaching obligation.
6-9 (b) The person must complete the teaching obligation not
6-10 later than the sixth year after the date the person begins to
6-11 fulfill the teaching obligation. The coordinating board shall
6-12 grant a person additional time to complete the teaching obligation
6-13 for good cause.
6-14 (c) [(f)] The coordinating board shall cancel a person's
6-15 teaching obligation if the board determines that the person:
6-16 (1) has become permanently disabled so that the person
6-17 is not able to teach; or
6-18 (2) has died.
6-19 (d) [(g)] The coordinating board shall require a person who
6-20 receives a Teach for Texas grant [under this section] to sign a
6-21 promissory note acknowledging the conditional nature of the grant
6-22 and promising to repay the outstanding amount of the grant plus
6-23 applicable interest and reasonable collection costs if the person
6-24 does not satisfy the applicable conditions. The board shall
6-25 determine the terms of the promissory note.
6-26 (e) [(h)] The amount required to be repaid by a person who
7-1 fails to complete the teaching obligation of the person's grant
7-2 shall be determined in proportion to the portion of the total
7-3 teaching obligation that the person has not satisfied.
7-4 (f) [(i)] A person receiving a Teach for Texas [tuition]
7-5 grant is considered to have failed to satisfy the conditions of the
7-6 grant, and the grant automatically becomes a loan, if the person
7-7 fails to remain enrolled in or to make steady progress in the
7-8 person's educator certification program and, if applicable, the
7-9 person's baccalaureate degree program for which the grant was made
7-10 without good cause as determined by the coordinating board or if
7-11 the person fails to become certified as a teacher not later than
7-12 the 18th month after the date the person completes the educator
7-13 certification program [receives a degree].
7-14 Sec. 56.357. TEACH FOR TEXAS ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION
7-15 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. (a) The coordinating board shall establish a
7-16 program under which the coordinating board awards grants to assist
7-17 persons seeking educator certification through alternative educator
7-18 certification programs as provided by this section.
7-19 (b) To be eligible for a grant under the program, a person
7-20 must apply for a grant and:
7-21 (1) have received a baccalaureate degree from an
7-22 eligible institution of higher education or an accredited
7-23 out-of-state institution of higher education; and
7-24 (2) enroll in an alternative educator certification
7-25 program described by Section 21.049 and satisfy either of the
7-26 following conditions:
8-1 (A) be seeking educator certification in a
8-2 teaching field certified by the commissioner of education as
8-3 experiencing a critical shortage of teachers in this state in the
8-4 year in which the person receives the grant and agree to teach for
8-5 five years in a public school in this state in that teaching field;
8-6 or
8-7 (B) agree to teach for five years in a public
8-8 school in this state in a community, which is not required to be
8-9 specifically designated at the time the person receives the grant,
8-10 certified by the commissioner of education as experiencing a
8-11 critical shortage of teachers in any year in which the person
8-12 receives a grant under this section or in any subsequent year in
8-13 which the person fulfills the teaching obligation.
8-14 (c) A person is not eligible to receive a grant under the
8-15 program if the person has been convicted of a felony or an offense
8-16 under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code (Texas Controlled
8-17 Substances Act), or under the law of another jurisdiction involving
8-18 a controlled substance, as defined by Chapter 481, Health and
8-19 Safety Code, unless the person has met the other applicable
8-20 eligibility requirements under this section and has:
8-21 (1) received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
8-22 Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
8-23 completed a period of probation ordered by a court, and at least
8-24 two years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion;
8-25 or
8-26 (2) been pardoned, had the record of the offense
9-1 expunged from the person's record, or otherwise has been released
9-2 from the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under the
9-3 program.
9-4 (d) In selecting applicants to receive grants under the
9-5 program, the coordinating board shall consider:
9-6 (1) the financial resources of an applicant;
9-7 (2) the efficient use of the money available for
9-8 grants;
9-9 (3) the opportunity of applicants from all regions of
9-10 this state to receive grants; and
9-11 (4) any other factor the coordinating board considers
9-12 appropriate to further the purposes of this subchapter.
9-13 (e) The amount of a grant under the program is equal to two
9-14 times the current amount of a TEXAS grant under Subchapter M for a
9-15 student enrolled in a general academic teaching institution. The
9-16 coordinating board may pay the amount of the grant in installments
9-17 during the period in which the person is enrolled in the person's
9-18 alternative educator certification program.
9-19 (f) The person must begin fulfilling the person's teaching
9-20 obligation not later than the 18th month after the person completes
9-21 the alternative educator certification program, unless the
9-22 coordinating board for good cause grants the person additional time
9-23 to begin fulfilling the teaching obligation. The person must
9-24 complete the teaching obligation not later than the sixth year
9-25 after the date the person begins to fulfill the teaching
9-26 obligation. The coordinating board shall grant a person additional
10-1 time to complete the teaching obligation for good cause.
10-2 (g) The coordinating board shall cancel a person's teaching
10-3 obligation if the coordinating board determines that the person:
10-4 (1) has become permanently disabled so that the person
10-5 is not able to teach; or
10-6 (2) has died.
10-7 (h) The coordinating board shall require a person who
10-8 receives a grant to sign a promissory note acknowledging the
10-9 conditional nature of the grant and promising to repay the amount
10-10 of the grant plus applicable interest and reasonable collection
10-11 costs if the person does not satisfy the applicable conditions of
10-12 the grant. The coordinating board shall determine the terms of the
10-13 promissory note.
10-14 (i) The amount required to be repaid by a person who fails
10-15 to complete the teaching obligation of the person's grant shall be
10-16 determined in proportion to the portion of the teaching obligation
10-17 that the person has not satisfied.
10-18 (j) A person receiving a grant is considered to have failed
10-19 to satisfy the conditions of the grant, and the grant automatically
10-20 becomes a loan, if the person, without good cause as determined by
10-21 the coordinating board, fails to:
10-22 (1) remain enrolled in or to make steady progress in
10-23 the alternative educator certification program for which the grant
10-24 was made or, with the approval of the coordinating board, in
10-25 another alternative educator certification program; or
10-26 (2) become certified as a classroom teacher not later
11-1 than the 18th month after the date the person completes the
11-2 alternative educator certification program.
11-3 Sec. 56.358. FUNDING; ALLOCATION OF FUNDING. (a) The
11-4 coordinating board may solicit and accept gifts and grants from any
11-5 public or private source for the purposes of this subchapter.
11-6 (b) The legislature may appropriate money for the purposes
11-7 of this subchapter.
11-8 SECTION 4. The heading to Subchapter M, Chapter 56,
11-9 Education Code, as added by Chapter 1590, Acts of the 76th
11-10 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
11-11 SUBCHAPTER M. TOWARD EXCELLENCE, ACCESS, & SUCCESS (TEXAS)
11-12 GRANT PROGRAM [AND TEACH FOR TEXAS GRANT PROGRAM]
11-13 SECTION 5. Subsection (b), Section 56.308, Education Code,
11-14 is amended to read as follows:
11-15 (b) Each school district shall:
11-16 (1) notify its middle school students, junior high
11-17 school students, and high school students, those students' teachers
11-18 and counselors, and those students' parents of the TEXAS grant and
11-19 Teach for Texas grant programs [established under this subchapter],
11-20 the eligibility requirements of each program, the need for students
11-21 to make informed curriculum choices to be prepared for success
11-22 beyond high school, and sources of information on higher education
11-23 admissions and financial aid in a manner that assists the district
11-24 in implementing a strategy adopted by the district under Section
11-25 11.252(a)(4); and
11-26 (2) ensure that each student's official transcript or
12-1 diploma indicates whether the student has completed or is on
12-2 schedule to complete:
12-3 (A) the recommended or advanced high school
12-4 curriculum required for grant eligibility under Section 28.002 or
12-5 28.025; or
12-6 (B) for a school district covered by Section
12-7 56.304(f)(1), the required portion of the recommended or advanced
12-8 high school curriculum in the manner described by Section
12-9 56.304(f)(2).
12-10 SECTION 6. Section 56.311, Education Code, is amended to
12-11 read as follows:
12-12 Sec. 56.311. LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. (a) The
12-13 Legislative Oversight Committee on the TEXAS grant program and
12-14 Teach for Texas grant program [programs established by this
12-15 subchapter] is composed of six members as follows:
12-16 (1) three members of the senate appointed by the
12-17 lieutenant governor; and
12-18 (2) three members of the house of representatives
12-19 appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
12-20 (b) The committee shall:
12-21 (1) meet at least twice a year with the coordinating
12-22 board; and
12-23 (2) receive information regarding rules relating to
12-24 the TEXAS grant program and Teach for Texas grant program [programs
12-25 established by this subchapter] that have been adopted by the
12-26 coordinating board or proposed for adoption by the coordinating
13-1 board.
13-2 (c) The committee may request reports and other information
13-3 from the coordinating board relating to the operation of the TEXAS
13-4 grant program and Teach for Texas grant program [programs under
13-5 this subchapter] by the coordinating board.
13-6 (d) The committee shall review the specific recommendations
13-7 for legislation related to this subchapter that are proposed by the
13-8 coordinating board.
13-9 (e) The committee shall monitor the operation of the TEXAS
13-10 grant program and Teach for Texas grant program [programs
13-11 established under this subchapter], with emphasis on the manner of
13-12 the award of grants, the number of grants awarded, and the
13-13 educational progress made by persons who have received grants under
13-14 those programs [this subchapter].
13-15 (f) The committee shall file a report with the governor,
13-16 lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
13-17 not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year.
13-18 (g) The report shall include identification of any problems
13-19 in the TEXAS grant program and Teach for Texas grant program
13-20 [programs operated under this subchapter] with recommended
13-21 solutions for the coordinating board and for legislative action.
13-22 SECTION 7. Subsection (a), Section 11.252, Education Code,
13-23 is amended to read as follows:
13-24 (a) Each school district shall have a district improvement
13-25 plan that is developed, evaluated, and revised annually, in
13-26 accordance with district policy, by the superintendent with the
14-1 assistance of the district-level committee established under
14-2 Section 11.251. The purpose of the district improvement plan is to
14-3 guide district and campus staff in the improvement of student
14-4 performance for all student groups in order to attain state
14-5 standards in respect to the academic excellence indicators adopted
14-6 under Section 39.051. The district improvement plan must include
14-7 provisions for:
14-8 (1) a comprehensive needs assessment addressing
14-9 district student performance on the academic excellence indicators,
14-10 and other appropriate measures of performance, that are
14-11 disaggregated by all student groups served by the district,
14-12 including categories of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex, and
14-13 populations served by special programs, including students in
14-14 special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
14-15 (2) measurable district performance objectives for all
14-16 appropriate academic excellence indicators for all student
14-17 populations, including students in special education programs under
14-18 Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and other measures of student performance
14-19 that may be identified through the comprehensive needs assessment;
14-20 (3) strategies for improvement of student performance
14-21 that include:
14-22 (A) instructional methods for addressing the
14-23 needs of student groups not achieving their full potential;
14-24 (B) methods for addressing the needs of students
14-25 for special programs, such as suicide prevention, conflict
14-26 resolution, violence prevention, or dyslexia treatment programs;
15-1 (C) dropout reduction;
15-2 (D) integration of technology in instructional
15-3 and administrative programs;
15-4 (E) discipline management;
15-5 (F) staff development for professional staff of
15-6 the district;
15-7 (G) career education to assist students in
15-8 developing the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary for a
15-9 broad range of career opportunities; and
15-10 (H) accelerated education;
15-11 (4) strategies for providing to middle school, junior
15-12 high school, and high school students, those students' teachers and
15-13 counselors, and those students' parents information about:
15-14 (A) higher education admissions and financial
15-15 aid opportunities;
15-16 (B) the TEXAS grant program and the Teach for
15-17 Texas grant program established under [Subchapter M,] Chapter 56;
15-18 (C) the need for students to make informed
15-19 curriculum choices to be prepared for success beyond high school;
15-20 and
15-21 (D) sources of information on higher education
15-22 admissions and financial aid;
15-23 (5) resources needed to implement identified
15-24 strategies;
15-25 (6) staff responsible for ensuring the accomplishment
15-26 of each strategy;
16-1 (7) timelines for ongoing monitoring of the
16-2 implementation of each improvement strategy; and
16-3 (8) formative evaluation criteria for determining
16-4 periodically whether strategies are resulting in intended
16-5 improvement of student performance.
16-6 SECTION 8. Subchapter M, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
16-7 amended by amending Section 61.702 and adding Section 61.7021 to
16-8 read as follows:
16-9 Sec. 61.702. ELIGIBILITY FOR CLASSROOM TEACHER REPAYMENT
16-10 ASSISTANCE. (a) To be eligible to receive repayment assistance
16-11 for classroom teachers, a person must apply to the board and must
16-12 [have]:
16-13 (1) have completed at least one year of employment as
16-14 [and be employed as] a full-time classroom teacher at the
16-15 preschool, primary, or secondary level in a public school in [the
16-16 elementary or secondary schools of] this state in an area or field
16-17 of acute teacher shortage as designated by the commissioner of
16-18 education [State Board of Education]; and
16-19 (2) be employed as a full-time classroom teacher at
16-20 the preschool, primary, or secondary level in a public school in
16-21 this state in an area or field described by Subdivision (1).
16-22 (b) A person is not eligible for repayment assistance for
16-23 classroom teachers under this subchapter if the person has received
16-24 a Teach for Texas grant or other financial assistance under
16-25 Subchapter O, Chapter 56, or under former Section 56.309.
16-26 (c) The board shall give priority in granting repayment
17-1 assistance for classroom teachers to a person who received
17-2 repayment assistance for classroom teachers for the preceding
17-3 school year. The priority terminates if the person does not apply
17-4 for or is not eligible for that assistance. In extraordinary
17-5 circumstances, the board may allow a person to maintain the
17-6 priority after one or more years in which the person is unable to
17-7 teach as a classroom teacher.
17-8 Sec. 61.7021. ELIGIBILITY FOR BORDER INSTITUTION FACULTY
17-9 REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE. To be eligible to receive repayment
17-10 assistance for border institution faculty, a person must apply to
17-11 the board and must:
17-12 (1) have [or]
17-13 [(2)] received a doctoral degree not earlier than
17-14 September 1, 1994, from a public or private institution of higher
17-15 education accredited as required by the board; and
17-16 (2) be employed as a full-time faculty member with
17-17 instructional duties in an institution of higher education located
17-18 in a county that borders the United Mexican States.
17-19 SECTION 9. Section 61.705, Education Code, is amended by
17-20 amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read
17-21 as follows:
17-22 (c) The minimum amount of repayment assistance that may be
17-23 awarded in one year to a person who qualifies for the assistance
17-24 under Section 61.702 is the lesser of:
17-25 (1) $1,000; or
17-26 (2) the amount of principal and accrued interest that
18-1 is due on eligible loans in that year.
18-2 (d) A person may not receive repayment assistance for
18-3 classroom teachers under this subchapter in a total amount that
18-4 exceeds $5,000, and may not receive that repayment assistance for
18-5 more than five years.
18-6 (e) The minimum amount of repayment assistance that may be
18-7 awarded [received] in one year to [by] a person who qualifies for
18-8 the assistance under [described by] Section 61.7021 [61.702(2)] is
18-9 50 percent of the amount of principal and accrued interest that is
18-10 due on eligible loans that year.
18-11 SECTION 10. Subsection (a), Section 61.708, Education Code,
18-12 is amended to read as follows:
18-13 (a) The board shall adopt rules necessary for the
18-14 administration of this subchapter, including[:]
18-15 [(1) a rule that sets a minimum or maximum amount of
18-16 repayment assistance that may be received in one year by a person
18-17 described by Section 61.702(1); and]
18-18 [(2)] a rule that sets a maximum amount of repayment
18-19 assistance that may be received in one year by a person who
18-20 qualifies for the assistance under Section 61.7021 [described by
18-21 Section 61.702(2)].
18-22 SECTION 11. (a) The change in law made by this Act relating
18-23 to the eligibility of a person to receive a TEXAS grant applies
18-24 beginning with students who demonstrate eligibility to receive a
18-25 grant for the 2001-2002 academic year.
18-26 (b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
19-1 implement the changes made by this Act to the Teach for Texas grant
19-2 program and to the classroom teacher loan repayment assistance
19-3 program under Subchapter M, Chapter 61, Education Code, as soon as
19-4 practicable after the effective date of this Act, but not later
19-5 than the 2002-2003 academic year.
19-6 (c) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
19-7 adopt initial rules for awarding grants and shall award grants
19-8 under the Teach for Texas alternative certification assistance
19-9 program established under Section 56.357, Education Code, as added
19-10 by this Act, as soon as practicable.
19-11 Explanation: These additions are necessary to provide
19-12 appropriate financial aid and other incentives for persons to
19-13 complete the educational requirements for educator certification,
19-14 by revising the Teach for Texas grant program and applying the
19-15 program to alternative educator certification programs, by revising
19-16 the classroom teacher loan repayment assistance program, and by
19-17 making appropriate conforming changes to the law.
19-18 ______________________________________
19-19 President of the Senate
19-20 I hereby certify that the above
19-21 Resolution was adopted by the Senate
19-22 on May 25, 2001, by the following
19-23 vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, one present
19-24 not voting.
19-25 ______________________________________
19-26 Secretary of the Senate