86R14517 KSD-D
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 1949
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the criteria for awarding adult education and literacy
  program performance incentive funds.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 315.007, Labor Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
         (c)  The criteria prescribed under Subsection (b)(1) for the
  award of funds to entities described by Subsection (a) based on
  performance during a program year must include the achievement by
  an entity of the following enrollment target and performance
  benchmarks:
               (1)  the enrollment in a high school equivalency
  program or a postsecondary ability to benefit program of at least 25
  percent of all students receiving adult education and literacy
  services from the entity during that program year; and
               (2)  the achievement by the end of that program year of
  a high school equivalency certificate or a postsecondary
  certificate by at least 70 percent of those students who exit the
  entity's adult education program during that program year and who
  are enrolled in a high school equivalency program or a
  postsecondary ability to benefit program.
         (d)  In this section, "postsecondary ability to benefit
  program" means a postsecondary certificate program in which a
  person who  does not have a high school diploma or equivalency
  certificate and who both qualifies for federal student financial
  aid and demonstrates on an assessment instrument that the person
  can pass college-level courses with some support may enroll.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.