85R3707 MEW-D     By: Bell H.B. No. 395       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the career and technology education allotment and the   essential knowledge and skills of the career and technology   education and technology applications curriculums.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 42.154(a), (b), (c), and (e), Education   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  For each full-time equivalent student in average daily   attendance in an approved career and technology education program   or an approved technology applications course in grades nine   through 12 or in career and technology education programs for   students with disabilities in grades seven through 12, a district   is entitled to:                (1)  an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic   allotment multiplied by a weight of 1.35; and                (2)  $50, if the student is enrolled in:                      (A)  two or more advanced career and technology   education courses [classes] for a total of three or more credits;                      (B)  two or more advanced technology applications   courses for a total of three or more credits; or                      (C) [(B)]  an advanced course as part of a   tech-prep program under Subchapter T, Chapter 61.          (b)  In this section, "full-time equivalent student" means   30 hours of contact a week between a student and career and   technology education program or technology applications personnel.          (c)  Funds allocated under this section, other than an   indirect cost allotment established under State Board of Education   rule, must be used in providing career and technology education   programs and technology applications courses in grades nine through   12 or career and technology education programs for students with   disabilities in grades seven through 12 under Sections 29.182,   29.183, and 29.184.          (e)  Out of the total statewide allotment [for career and   technology education] under this section, the commissioner shall   set aside an amount specified in the General Appropriations Act,   which may not exceed an amount equal to one percent of the total   amount appropriated, to support regional career and technology   education planning. After deducting the amount set aside under   this subsection from the total amount appropriated for career and   technology education and technology applications under this   section, the commissioner shall reduce each district's tier one   allotments in the same manner described for a reduction in   allotments under Section 42.253.          SECTION 2.  Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  For each student in average daily attendance, not   including the time students spend each day in special education   programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream   programs, [or] career and technology education programs, or   technology applications courses, for which an additional allotment   is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment   equal to the lesser of $4,765 or the amount that results from the   following formula:   A = $4,765 X (DCR/MCR)   where:          "A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;          "DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the   product of the state compression percentage, as determined under   Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax   rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and          "MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the   product of the state compression percentage, as determined under   Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50.          SECTION 3.  Not later than March 1, 2019, the State Board of   Education shall:                (1)  conduct a review of the essential knowledge and   skills of the career and technology and technology applications   curriculums; and                (2)  amend the board's rules in the Texas   Administrative Code to consolidate the technology applications   courses for grades nine through 12 in 19 T.A.C. Chapter 126,   Subchapter C, with the career and technology courses in 19 T.A.C.   Chapter 130, and eliminate duplicative courses while ensuring   certifications are aligned with the rigor of each individual   course.          SECTION 4.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018   school year.          SECTION 5.  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, 2017.