85R2496 CAE-D
 
  By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 883
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to funding for career and technology programs in public
  schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.154(a), Education Code, is 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 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 1.60 [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.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.