Bill Text: TX SB1557 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to business and nonprofit organization participation in supporting early college high schools.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB1557 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1557-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1557 |
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relating to business and nonprofit organization participation in | ||
supporting early college high schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 29.908, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsections (e), (f), | ||
and (g) to read as follows: | ||
(c) A student participating in the program is entitled to | ||
the benefits of the Foundation School Program in proportion to the | ||
amount of time spent by the student on high school courses, in | ||
accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner, while completing | ||
the course of study established by the applicable articulation | ||
agreement under Subsection (b)(3). | ||
(d) The commissioner may accept gifts, grants, and | ||
donations from any source, including private and nonprofit | ||
organizations. Private and nonprofit organizations that | ||
contribute to the fund shall receive an award under Section 7.113[ |
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(e) The commissioner shall collaborate with the Texas | ||
Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating | ||
Board to develop and implement a strategic plan to enhance private | ||
industry participation under this section. The plan must | ||
include: | ||
(1) strategies to increase private industry | ||
participation; and | ||
(2) incentives for businesses and nonprofit | ||
organizations that choose to make donations and work with high | ||
schools that participate in a program under this section to | ||
maximize job placement opportunities for program graduates. | ||
(f) Not later than December 1, 2014, the commissioner shall | ||
provide a report that summarizes the strategic plan developed under | ||
Subsection (e) to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house | ||
of representatives, the governor, the Texas Workforce Commission, | ||
and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The Texas | ||
Education Agency, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Texas | ||
Higher Education Coordinating Board shall each make the report | ||
available on the respective agency's Internet website. | ||
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administer the program. The rules may provide for giving | ||
preference in receiving program benefits to a student who is in the | ||
first generation of the student's family to attend college and may | ||
establish other distinctions or criteria based on student need. | ||
The commissioner shall consult the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board in administering the program. The Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
exercise its powers and duties under this section. The P-16 Council | ||
may make recommendations, including recommendations for rules, | ||
concerning administration of the program. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1557 passed the Senate on | ||
May 2, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1557 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |