Sec. 133.006. APPROPRIATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. (a) On recommendation of the advisory committee the commission shall adopt formulas and administrative procedures to be used in requesting appropriations of state funds as a budgetary line item for the Apprenticeship System of Adult Career and Technology Education.

(b) The commission shall prepare an update to the Apprenticeship Related Instruction Cost Study adopted by the State Board of Education on February 10, 1973, prior to each biennial session of the legislature.

(c) On recommendation of the advisory committee the commission shall adopt forms, formulas, and administrative procedures for the distribution of available funds to apprenticeship training programs. Distribution formulas must be uniform in application to all local program sponsors.

(d) On recommendation of the advisory committee the commission shall reserve until December 1 of each year a percentage of the funds appropriated under the line item described in this section to be used solely for apprenticeship-related instruction programs. This percentage shall be established by the formulas required by this section. Reserved funds that are not obligated on December 1 may be used for preparatory and supplementary instruction programs as well as related instruction programs.

(e) No funds shall be distributed to a public school district, state postsecondary institution, or apprenticeship committee until the district, institution, or committee has filed all reports required by this chapter and by the commission.

Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 621, ch. 230, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977. Redesignated from Education Code Sec. 33.08 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 3, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.58, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 498 (H.B. 2790), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.