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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the allocation of certain federal career and technical |
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education funds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.109, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read |
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as follows: |
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(d) The State Board for Career and Technology Education may |
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allocate funds appropriated to the board by the legislature and |
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shall allocate as provided by Subsection (f) [or] federal funds |
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received by the board under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical |
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[Vocational] Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. Section 2301 et seq.) |
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or other federal law to an institution or program approved by the |
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State Board of Education, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board, or another state agency specified by law. |
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(e) For purposes of allocating federal funds described by |
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Subsection (d), the State Board for Career and Technology Education |
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shall determine the relative student utilization of approved career |
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and technology education programs under Subsection (d). To assist |
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the State Board for Career and Technology Education in making that |
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determination, for each semester of each school year or academic |
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year, as applicable: |
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(1) the agency shall calculate the number of full-time |
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equivalent students enrolled at the secondary level in an approved |
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career and technology education program; and |
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(2) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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shall calculate the number of full-time equivalent students |
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enrolled at the postsecondary level in an approved career and |
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technology education program. |
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(f) The agency and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board shall, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the State |
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Board for Career and Technology Education, provide the calculations |
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of student utilization of approved career and technology education |
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programs under Subsection (e) to the State Board for Career and |
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Technology Education. After receiving the calculations under this |
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subsection, the State Board for Career and Technology Education |
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shall determine the relative student utilization of approved career |
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and technology education programs and allocate funding to support |
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career and technology education at the secondary level and at the |
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postsecondary level in proportion to that relative student |
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utilization determination. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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7.109, Education Code, applies beginning with an allocation of |
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federal funds made on or after the effective date of this Act, |
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except that the State Board for Career and Technology Education, in |
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making an allocation on or after that date, may allocate the funds |
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in a manner that deviates from the requirements of Section 7.109, |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act, to the extent necessary to |
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comply with a grant awarded or an agreement entered into before the |
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effective date of this Act under the Texas State Plan for Career and |
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Technical Education, 2008-2013, or to comply with federal law. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |