Bill Text: TX SB756 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB756 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB756-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 756 | |
(Muñoz, Jr., Lopez) | ||
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relating to the administration of the Jobs and Education for Texans | ||
(JET) Grant Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 134.001, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows: | ||
(1-a) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization | ||
exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal | ||
Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section | ||
501(c)(3) of that code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 134.003, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) The advisory board is composed of eight [ |
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who serve two-year terms and are appointed as follows: | ||
(1) one member appointed by the governor; | ||
(2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor; | ||
(3) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives; | ||
(4) one member appointed by the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board; | ||
(5) one member appointed by the commissioner of | ||
education; | ||
(6) two members [ |
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commission, one of whom must represent a nonprofit organization | ||
located in this state that provides, or has experience in | ||
providing, training services that prepare low-income students for | ||
careers in high-demand occupations; and | ||
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the presiding officer. | ||
(b-1) Before appointing the members described by Subsection | ||
(b)(6), the commission shall publish a request for applications and | ||
must consider appointing qualified individuals from among the | ||
resulting applicant pool. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, eligible nonprofit organizations, and independent | ||
school districts 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 for the following purposes: | ||
(1) to develop, support, or expand programs of | ||
nonprofit organizations that meet the requirements of Section | ||
134.005 and that prepare low-income students for careers in | ||
high-demand occupations; and | ||
(2) 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 described under Section | ||
134.007 that meet the requirements of Section 134.006. | ||
SECTION 4. Chapter 134, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 134.005 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 134.005. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR | ||
INNOVATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS. (a) The commission may award | ||
a grant to a nonprofit organization eligible under Subsection (b) | ||
for the development, support, or expansion of programs to prepare | ||
low-income students for careers in high-demand occupations. | ||
(b) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a | ||
nonprofit organization must: | ||
(1) provide a program to offer assistance to | ||
low-income students in preparing for, applying to, and enrolling in | ||
a public junior college or public technical institute; | ||
(2) be governed by a board or other governing | ||
structure that includes recognized leaders of broad-based | ||
community organizations and members of the local business | ||
community; | ||
(3) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the advisory | ||
board that the organization's program has achieved or will achieve | ||
the following measures of success among program participants to the | ||
extent applicable to the type of program the organization provides: | ||
(A) above-average completion of developmental | ||
education among participating public junior college or public | ||
technical institute students; | ||
(B) above-average persistence rates among | ||
participating public junior college or public technical institute | ||
students; | ||
(C) above-average certificate or degree | ||
completion rates by participating students within a three-year | ||
period compared to demographically comparable public junior | ||
college and public technical institute students; and | ||
(D) employment of participating students at an | ||
average full-time starting wage that is equal to or greater than | ||
the prevailing wage for the occupation entered; and | ||
(4) provide matching funds in accordance with rules | ||
adopted under Section 134.008. | ||
(c) The matching funds required under Subsection (b)(4) may | ||
be obtained from any source available to the nonprofit | ||
organization, including in-kind contributions, community or | ||
foundation grants, individual contributions, and local | ||
governmental agency operating funds. | ||
(d) Grants awarded under this section must be awarded in a | ||
manner that takes a balanced geographical distribution into | ||
consideration. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |