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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding for career and technology programs in public |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 42.154(a) and (c), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily |
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attendance in an approved career and technology education program |
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in grades seven [nine] through 12, including a [or in] career and |
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technology education program [programs] for students with |
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disabilities [in grades seven through 12], a district is entitled |
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to an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic allotment |
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multiplied by a weight of 1.35. |
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(c) Funds allocated under this section, other than an |
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indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education |
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rule, must be used in providing career and technology education |
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programs in grades seven [nine] through 12, including [or] career |
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and technology education programs for students with disabilities, |
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[in grades seven through 12] under Sections 29.182, 29.183, and |
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29.184. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |