85R8023 MEW-F     By: Cortez H.B. No. 1245       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to funding for public school career and technology   programs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 42.154(a) and (c), 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   in grades eight [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 classes for a total of three or more credits; or                      (B)  an advanced course as part of a tech-prep   program under Subchapter T, Chapter 61.          (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 in grades eight [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.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.