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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of career and technology education |
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courses in certain partnership programs to provide high school |
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dropout recovery. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.402, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A [Beginning September 1, 2012, a] public junior college |
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may enter into an articulation agreement to partner with one or more |
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school districts located in the public junior college district to |
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provide on the campus of the public junior college a dropout |
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recovery program for students described by Subsection (b) to |
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successfully complete and receive a diploma from a high school of |
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the appropriate partnering school district. |
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(c-1) A public junior college under this section may partner |
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with a public technical institute, as defined by Section 61.003, to |
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provide, as part of the dropout recovery program curriculum, career |
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and technology education courses that lead to industry or career |
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certification. |
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SECTION 2. Section 29.403, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) A public technical institute may receive from a |
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partnering public junior college for each student enrolled in a |
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career and technology education course as provided by Section |
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29.402(c-1) an amount negotiated between the public technical |
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institute and the partnering public junior college. |
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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 the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |