TEA grants to track career and technical education data

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89R3181 PRL-D

By: Perry
S.B. No. 1213

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of a career and technical education

reporting grant program by the Texas Education Agency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 29.195 to read as follows:

Sec. 29.195. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION REPORTING GRANT

PROGRAM. (a) From funds appropriated or otherwise available for

the purpose, the agency shall establish and administer a career and

technical education reporting grant program to award grants to

school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to facilitate

the collection, analysis, and reporting of career- and technical

education-related data to enhance program effectiveness and

student outcomes at the local and state levels.

(b) The agency shall adopt rules to establish and administer

the grant program under this section, including rules:

(1) establishing application procedures and

deadlines;

(2) establishing grant eligibility criteria; and

(3) prioritizing grant applications that demonstrate

the potential for significant positive effects on:

(A) career and technical education program

outcomes; and

(B) workforce readiness of students.

(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may

use a grant awarded under this section to:

(1) implement strategies and procure software for

collecting and analyzing career and technical education data,

including:

(A) tracking student engagement in experiences

provided by career technical student organizations outside the

classroom, including:

(i) community service or other events;

(ii) competitions; and

(iii) awards;

(B) tracking student hours worked, training

plans, and teacher visits in work-based learning classes offered by

the district or school;

(C) tracking student results on industry-based

certifications, including information regarding the applicable

course and teacher and the cost for the certification;

(D) identifying students who demonstrate

college, career, or military readiness and tracking which

performance measures the students meet in real time; and

(E) maintaining information regarding enrollment

in career and technical education courses and programs of study,

disaggregated by:

(i) race;

(ii) ethnicity;

(iii) gender; and

(iv) special populations;

(2) train district or school employees in the use of

data analytics software; and

(3) to the extent possible, improve the integration of

career and technical education data with the Public Education

Information Management System (PEIMS).

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall establish the career

and technical education reporting grant program required by Section

29.195, Education Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 3. 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, 2025.