Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB860 by Lucio (Relating to the provision of career and technology education courses in certain partnership programs to provide high school dropout recovery.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The provisions of the bill allow public junior colleges to partner with a public technical institute as part of a dropout recovery program curriculum for career and technology education courses that lead to industry or career certification. A public technical institute may receive an amount from the partnering public junior college for that partnership based on the amount negotiated.
Local Government Impact
Based on information provided by Western Texas College and McLennan Community College, it is assumed that any additional costs to Public Community and Junior Colleges could be absorbed through existing resources.
Source Agencies:
701 Central Education Agency, 719 Texas State Technical College System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board