79R9622 SLO-D

By:  Guillen                                                      H.B. No. 2733



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to funding for career and technology programs in public 
schools.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 42.154(a) and (c), Education Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  For each full-time equivalent student in average daily 
attendance in an approved career and technology education program 
in grades seven [nine] through 12, including a [or in] career and 
technology education program [programs] for students with 
disabilities [in grades seven through 12], a district is entitled 
to an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic allotment 
multiplied by a weight of 1.35.
	(c)  Funds allocated under this section, other than an 
indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education 
rule, must be used in providing career and technology education 
programs in grades seven [nine] through 12, including [or] career 
and technology education programs for students with disabilities,
[in grades seven through 12] under Sections 29.182, 29.183, and 
29.184.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.