Texas Education Code

§ 29.912 — RURAL PATHWAY EXCELLENCE PARTNERSHIP (R-PEP) PROGRAM

ED § 29.912Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 29. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS · Art. Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS

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(a)In this section, "program" means the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program.

(b)The commissioner shall establish and administer the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program to incentivize and support multidistrict, cross-sector, rural college and career pathway partnerships that expand opportunities for underserved students to succeed in school and life while promoting economic development in rural areas. (b-1) The commissioner shall ensure that agency employees assigned to administer the program have experience with or training in the procedures relating to a school district contracting to partner to operate a district campus under Section 11.174.

(c)The program must enable an eligible school district that has fewer than 1,600 students in average daily attendance to partner with at least one other school district located within a distance of 100 miles to offer a broader array of robust college and career pathways. Each partnership must:

(1)offer college and career pathways that align with regional labor market projections for high-wage, high-demand careers; and

(2)be managed by a coordinating entity that:

(A)has or will have at the time students are served under the partnership the capacity to effectively coordinate the partnership;

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