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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the criteria for awarding adult education and literacy |
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program performance incentive funds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 315.007, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) The criteria prescribed under Subsection (b)(1) for the |
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award of funds to entities described by Subsection (a) based on |
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performance during a program year must include the achievement by |
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an entity of the following enrollment target and performance |
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benchmarks: |
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(1) the enrollment in a high school equivalency |
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program or a postsecondary ability to benefit program of at least 25 |
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percent of all students receiving adult education and literacy |
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services from the entity during that program year; and |
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(2) the achievement by the end of that program year of |
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a high school equivalency certificate or a postsecondary |
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certificate by at least 70 percent of those students who exit the |
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entity's adult education program during that program year and who |
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are enrolled in a high school equivalency program or a |
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postsecondary ability to benefit program. |
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(d) In this section, "postsecondary ability to benefit |
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program" means a postsecondary certificate program in which a |
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person who does not have a high school diploma or equivalency |
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certificate and who both qualifies for federal student financial |
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aid and demonstrates on an assessment instrument that the person |
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can pass college-level courses with some support may enroll. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |