Texas Education Code

§ 130A.054 — WEIGHTED FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENT; SCALE ADJUSTMENT

ED § 130A.054Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part G. NON-BACCALAUREATE SYSTEM · Ch. 130A. PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE STATE FINANCE PROGRAM · Art. B. STATE FUNDING: BASE TIER

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(a)The coordinating board by rule shall establish student weights for purposes of this chapter that reflect the higher cost of educating certain students.

(b)The student weights must be established in a manner that results in appropriate funding to a junior college district for the education of a student enrolled in an eligible credit or non-credit program who is:

(1)25 years of age or older;

(2)economically disadvantaged, as defined by coordinating board rule; or

(3)academically disadvantaged, as defined by coordinating board rule.

(c)Subject to Subsection (d), the number of weighted full-time equivalent students enrolled at a junior college district for purposes of this subchapter is equal to the sum of:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 46, eff. September 1, 2023.