TX HB2110

Expands eligibility for no-cost dual credit courses to students in grades 9-12 (previously only high school) who were educationally disadvantaged during the current school year or the preceding four school years

Redefines "public junior college" as any junior college associated with a junior college district and allows the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt manuals or policy documents as rules and use emergency rulemaking procedures for funding formula alignment

Establishes criteria for designating "credentials of value" for community college performance funding, requiring credentials to provide positive return on investment within 10 years, with wages meeting cumulative median earnings for high school graduates and individual self-sufficient wage levels

Expands performance tier funding metrics to include student transfers to private four-year institutions and requires the coordinating board to designate education and health care credentials as credentials of value when necessary to meet state workforce needs

Requires the Texas Workforce Commission to conduct biennial regional labor demand assessments analyzing 10-year workforce projections by county, wage, industry, and occupation, with results provided to the governor, legislature, and educational institutions by March 1 of odd-numbered years