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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to career and technology education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5.001, Education Code is amended by |
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adding Sections (9) to read as follows: |
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(9) A "Career and Technology Student" means: |
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(a) a secondary student who has entered the first |
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course in a sequence of two or more technical courses for 3 or more |
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credits in a single technical education program and has expressed |
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intent to complete the sequence of courses. The sequence of courses |
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can either be locally developed or a state approved tech-prep |
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program. |
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(b) a postsecondary student who is enrolled in |
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academic and/or workforce courses that are part of a sequence of |
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courses leading to an industry-recognized credential, certificate, |
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or degree and has declared that sequence as their major course of |
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study. |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Each school district shall implement a program under |
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which students may earn the equivalent of at least 12 semester |
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credit hours of college credit in high school. College credit may |
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be earned through International Baccalaureate (IB) courses, |
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Advanced Placement (AP) courses, dual credit courses, locally |
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articulated courses, statewide articulated Advanced Technical |
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Credit (ATC) courses, or any combination of the above. |
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(a-1) Not later than the fall 2008 semester each school |
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district shall implement a program that meets the requirements |
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prescribed by Subsection (a). This subsection expires June 1, |
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2009. |
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(b) The agency shall coordinate with the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board as necessary in administering this |
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section. |
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(c) School districts and partnering postsecondary |
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institutions shall annually report the number of students who have |
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earned credit described in section (a) and the number of college |
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semester credit hours transcripted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all of the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article II, Texas Constitution. If this Act |
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does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act |
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takes effect September 1, 2007. |