HB 3882 Introduced

Relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program. 

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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 

AN ACT

 

relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities

 

in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.

 

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

 

       SECTION 1.  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, [and] school districts and open-enrollment charter

 

schools, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, juvenile

 

boards, and juvenile probation departments described under Section

 

134.007. To receive the grants, those entities must [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 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] school districts and

 

open-enrollment charter schools, and the Texas Juvenile Justice

 

Department, juvenile boards, and juvenile probation departments

 

described under Section 134.007 if those entities [that] meet the

 

requirements of Section 134.006.

 

       SECTION 2.  Sections 134.006(a) and (c), Education Code, are

 

amended to read as follows:

 

       (a)  The commission may award a grant for the development of

 

new career and technical education courses or programs at public

 

junior colleges, public technical institutes, public state

 

colleges, [and] school districts and open-enrollment charter

 

schools, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, juvenile

 

boards, and juvenile probation departments described under Section

 

134.007.

 

       (c)  In awarding a grant under this section, the commission

 

shall primarily consider the potential economic returns to the

 

state from the development of the career and technical education

 

course or program. The commission may also consider whether the

 

course or program:

 

             (1)  is part of a new, emerging industry or high-demand

 

occupation;

 

             (2)  offers new or expanded dual credit career and

 

technical educational opportunities in public high schools;

 

             (3)  offers new career and technical educational

 

opportunities not previously available:

 

                   (A)  to students enrolled at any campus in the

 

Windham School District; or

 

                   (B)  as part of any existing educational programs

 

that are offered in facilities operated wholly or partly by the

 

Texas Juvenile Justice Department, a juvenile board, or a juvenile

 

probation department, including a facility operated by a private

 

vendor under a contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department,

 

a juvenile board, or a juvenile probation department; or

 

             (4)  is provided in cooperation with other public

 

junior colleges, public technical institutes, or public state

 

colleges across existing service areas.

 

       SECTION 3.  Section 134.007, Education Code, is amended to

 

read as follows:

 

       Sec. 134.007.  GRANTS AWARDED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, [DISTRICT

 

OR] OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS, OR CERTAIN JUVENILE JUSTICE

 

ENTITIES [SCHOOL]. The commission may award a grant under this

 

chapter to:

 

             (1)  an independent school district or open-enrollment

 

charter school if the district or school has entered into a

 

partnership with a public junior college, public technical

 

institute, or public state college for the purpose of:

 

                   (A)  promoting career and technical education to

 

the district’s or school’s students; or

 

                   (B)  offering dual credit courses to the

 

district’s or school’s students; [or]

 

             (2)  the Windham School District; or

 

             (3)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, a juvenile

 

board, or a juvenile probation department.

 

       SECTION 4.  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. 

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