H.B. No. 1949
 
 
 
 
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), (d), and (e) 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)  The process developed under this section must require
  the members of the commission to approve the award of any funds
  under this chapter.
         (e)  
  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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1949 was passed by the House on April
  26, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 3, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1949 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1949 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 19, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor