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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility to receive certain federal funding for |
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postsecondary career and technology education distributed by the |
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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.0761 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0761. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION GRANTS. (a) |
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In this section, "ability to benefit career and technology |
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education program" means a postsecondary career and technology |
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education program in which a person who does not have a high school |
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diploma or equivalency certificate and who both qualifies for |
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federal student financial aid and demonstrates on an assessment |
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instrument that the person can pass college-level courses with some |
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support may enroll. |
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(b) In establishing criteria for postsecondary career and |
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technology education funding provided under the Carl D. Perkins |
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Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. Section |
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2301 et seq.), the board shall, to the extent permitted under that |
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law, ensure that noncredit and ability to benefit career and |
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technology education programs are eligible to receive funding. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |