H.B. No. 114
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to providing public high school students information
  regarding the availability of college credit awarded for military
  experience, education, and training obtained during military
  service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 33.007, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-2) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  During the first school year a student is enrolled in a
  high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment
  charter school, and again during each year of a student's
  enrollment in high school or at the high school level, a school
  counselor shall provide information about postsecondary education
  to the student and the student's parent or guardian.  The
  information must include information regarding:
               (1)  the importance of postsecondary education;
               (2)  the advantages of earning an endorsement and a
  performance acknowledgment and completing the distinguished level
  of achievement under the foundation high school program under
  Section 28.025;
               (3)  the disadvantages of taking courses to prepare for
  a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits of
  taking courses leading to a high school diploma;
               (4)  financial aid eligibility;
               (5)  instruction on how to apply for federal financial
  aid;
               (6)  the center for financial aid information
  established under Section 61.0776;
               (7)  the automatic admission of certain students to
  general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section
  51.803;
               (8)  the eligibility and academic performance
  requirements for the TEXAS Grant as provided by Subchapter M,
  Chapter 56;
               (9)  the availability of programs in the district under
  which a student may earn college credit, including advanced
  placement programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and
  college credit programs, and international baccalaureate programs;
  [and]
               (10)  the availability of education and training
  vouchers and tuition and fee waivers to attend an institution of
  higher education as provided by Section 54.366 for a student who is
  or was previously in the conservatorship of the Department of
  Family and Protective Services; and
               (11)  the availability of college credit awarded by
  institutions of higher education to veterans and military
  servicemembers for military experience, education, and training
  obtained during military service as described by the informational
  materials developed under Section 302.0031(h), Labor Code.
         (b-2)  Information provided under Subsection (b)(11) must
  explain to any student who is enlisted or intends to enlist in the
  armed forces of the United States the informational materials
  developed under Section 302.0031(h), Labor Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 302.0031, Labor Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  For purposes of Section 33.007(b)(11), Education Code,
  the commission, in cooperation with the Texas Higher Education
  Coordinating Board, shall develop and annually make available to
  each school district and each open-enrollment charter school that
  offers a high school program informational materials regarding the
  availability of college credit awarded by institutions of higher
  education to veterans and military servicemembers for military
  experience, education, and training obtained during military
  service, including information regarding the program under this
  section.
         SECTION 3.  Section 33.007, Education Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.
         SECTION 4.  Not later than September 1, 2020, the Texas
  Workforce Commission, in cooperation with the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board, shall develop and make available to
  each school district and each open-enrollment charter school that
  offers a high school program the informational materials required
  under Section 302.0031(h), Labor Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 114 was passed by the House on April
  9, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 114 was passed by the Senate on May 3,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor