Bill Text: TX SB346 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter schools in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-24 - Effective immediately [SB346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB346-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 346 |
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relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter schools in | ||
the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 134.004, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 134.004. JOBS AND EDUCATION FOR TEXANS (JET) GRANT | ||
PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer the | ||
Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program to provide grants | ||
to public junior colleges, public technical institutes, public | ||
state colleges, and independent school districts and | ||
open-enrollment charter schools described under Section 134.007 | ||
that apply to the advisory board in the manner prescribed by the | ||
advisory board. The commission shall award the grants on the advice | ||
and recommendations of the advisory board. | ||
(b) Grants may be awarded under this chapter from the Jobs | ||
and Education for Texans (JET) fund to defray the start-up costs | ||
associated with the development of new career and technical | ||
education programs at public junior colleges, public technical | ||
institutes, public state colleges, and independent school | ||
districts and open-enrollment charter schools described under | ||
Section 134.007 that meet the requirements of Section 134.006. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 134.006(a) and (d), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission may award a grant for the development of | ||
new career and technical education courses or programs at public | ||
junior colleges, public technical institutes, public state | ||
colleges, [ |
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charter schools. | ||
(d) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a | ||
public junior college, public technical institute, public state | ||
college, or independent school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
school described under Section 134.007 must provide matching funds | ||
in accordance with rules adopted under Section 134.008. The | ||
matching funds may be obtained from any source available to the | ||
public junior college, public technical institute, public state | ||
college, [ |
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charter school, including industry consortia, community or | ||
foundation grants, individual contributions, and local | ||
governmental agency operating funds. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 134.007, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 134.007. GRANTS AWARDED TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT | ||
OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL. The commission may award a | ||
grant to an independent school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
school under this chapter if the district or school has entered into | ||
a partnership with a public junior college, public technical | ||
institute, or public state college for the purpose of: | ||
(1) promoting career and technical education to the | ||
district's or school's students; or | ||
(2) offering dual credit courses to the district's or | ||
school's students. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 346 passed the Senate on | ||
April 12, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 11, 2021, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 346 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 4, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 123, | ||
Nays 20, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |