SB49 - Relating to performance tier funding under the public junior college state finance program.

  89R1453 KJE-D     By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 49       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to performance tier funding under the public junior   college state finance program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 130A.101(c), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (c)  The measurable outcomes considered for purposes of   performance tier funding are:                (1)  the number of credentials of value awarded, as   determined by the coordinating board based on analyses of wages and   costs associated with the credential, including degrees,   certificates, and other credentials from credit and non-credit   programs that equip students for continued learning and greater   earnings in the state economy, with an additional weight for   placement of students who earn that credential in a high-demand   occupation, as defined by coordinating board rule, or an   appropriate proxy determined by the coordinating board based on   available data;                (2)  the number of students who earn at least 15   semester credit hours or the equivalent at the junior college   district and:                      (A)  subsequently transfer to :                             (i)   a general academic teaching   institution, as that term is defined by Section 61.003; or                             (ii)     a private or independent institution   of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003, that   offers four-year degree programs; or                      (B)  are enrolled in a structured co-enrollment   program, as authorized by coordinating board rule; and                (3)  the number of students who complete a sequence of   at least 15 semester credit hours or the equivalent for dual credit   or dual enrollment courses, as defined by coordinating board rule,   that apply toward academic or workforce program requirements at the   postsecondary level.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.