| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the operation of dropout recovery programs by public |
|
|
junior colleges in partnership with school districts. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding |
|
|
Subchapter K to read as follows: |
|
|
SUBCHAPTER K. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT |
|
|
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO PROVIDE DROPOUT RECOVERY |
|
|
Sec. 29.401. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "public |
|
|
junior college" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
|
|
Sec. 29.402. PARTNERSHIP. (a) A public junior college may |
|
|
partner with one or more school districts located in the public |
|
|
junior college district to provide on the campus of the public |
|
|
junior college a dropout recovery program for students described by |
|
|
Subsection (b). |
|
|
(b) A person who is under 26 years of age is eligible to |
|
|
enroll in a dropout recovery program under this subchapter if the |
|
|
person: |
|
|
(1) must complete not more than three course credits |
|
|
to complete the curriculum requirements for the minimum, |
|
|
recommended, or advanced high school program, as appropriate, for |
|
|
high school graduation; or |
|
|
(2) has failed to perform satisfactorily on an |
|
|
end-of-course assessment instrument administered under Section |
|
|
39.023(c) or an assessment instrument administered under Section |
|
|
39.023(c) as that section existed before amendment by Chapter 1312 |
|
|
(S.B. 1031), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007. |
|
|
(c) A public junior college under this section shall: |
|
|
(1) design a dropout recovery curriculum that includes |
|
|
career and technology education courses in collaboration with one |
|
|
or more school districts located in the public junior college |
|
|
district; and |
|
|
(2) offer advanced academic and transition |
|
|
opportunities, including dual credit courses and college |
|
|
preparatory courses, such as advanced placement courses. |
|
|
Sec. 29.403. FINANCING. (a) A public junior college |
|
|
district may receive for each student enrolled in a dropout |
|
|
recovery program under this subchapter an amount equal to the total |
|
|
average per student funding amount in the school district in which |
|
|
the student would otherwise attend school during the preceding |
|
|
school year for maintenance and operations, including state and |
|
|
local funding, but excluding money from the available school fund. |
|
|
(b) A student who is enrolled in a program under this |
|
|
subchapter is included in determining the average daily attendance |
|
|
under Section 42.005 of the school district in which the student |
|
|
would otherwise attend school. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|
|
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|
|
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|
|
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|
|
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |