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79R10690 CAS-D

By:  Wentworth                                                    S.B. No. 1809



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to conducting and financing the Texas Tech-Prep Program.             
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 61.853, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  Tech-prep in Texas is conducted through the 26 regional 
tech-prep consortia participating in tech-prep as of January 1, 
2005.  Each tech-prep consortium serves the region served by the 
consortium as of that date, except that territory may be moved from 
one region to another with the consent of the affected tech-prep 
consortia and the board.
	(a-1)  Each regional tech-prep consortium is governed by a 
governing board composed of private sector and public sector 
leaders in the ratio agreed to by the participants in the 
consortium.  A consortium at local option may consolidate governing 
board members and staff with an eligible local entity to achieve 
administrative efficiencies and operational coordination.  The 
combined entity shall maintain a proper separation of funds and 
comply with all applicable legal requirements involving the use of 
separate funds.
	SECTION 2.  Section 61.854(a), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  In each fiscal year, the board, as the agent of the Texas 
Education Agency, shall allot the federal tech-prep implementation 
money this state receives and any additional state or federal money 
received, designated, or appropriated to support implementation of 
articulated secondary-postsecondary programs, enhanced 
secondary-postsecondary collaboration, model sequences of courses 
linked to tech-prep programs, or secondary-postsecondary career 
pathway partnerships to the regional tech-prep consortia for 
regional administration according to regionally developed plans 
designed to meet federal, state, and regional goals.  The board 
shall allot the money to tech-prep consortia in accordance with a 
formula adopted by the board, after a public hearing and in 
consultation with interested state entities and local consortia, 
that addresses the differing needs of the consortia due to urban or 
rural populations, special populations, number of tech-prep 
programs and students, and other factors determined by the board.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.