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TX HB120
Bill
Status
6/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Keith Bell
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AI Summary
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Adds two new public education academic goals requiring high school graduates to have skills and credentials for immediate workforce entry and to be ready for postsecondary coursework without remediation
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Requires the Texas Education Agency to post de-identified postsecondary outcome data for the 10 most recent cohorts, including enrollment rates, remediation needs, persistence, completion, employment status, wages, and occupation by school district and campus
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Expands school district college, career, and military readiness plans to include specific annual goals for postsecondary credential completion, graduate outcomes at 1, 3, and 5 years post-graduation, and requires annual reports to be submitted to TEA and the Legislative Budget Board
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Increases funding for career and technology education programs, including raising the P-TECH/R-PEP per-student allotment from $50 to $150, expanding Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership funding cap from $5 million to $20 million, and increasing new instructional facility allotment cap from $100 million to $150 million
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Allows students up to two certification exam subsidies (increased from one), expands reimbursement to include fingerprinting and background check costs, and caps total annual certification exam reimbursement at $20 million
Legislative Description
Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.
State Finances
Last Action
See remarks for effective date
6/20/2025