Texas Education Code

§ 48.118 — RURAL PATHWAY EXCELLENCE PARTNERSHIP (R-PEP) ALLOTMENT AND OUTCOMES BONUS

ED § 48.118Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part I. SCHOOL FINANCE AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT · Ch. 48. FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM · Art. C. STUDENT-BASED ALLOTMENTS

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(a)For each full-time equivalent student in average daily attendance in grades 9 through 12 in a college or career pathway offered through a partnership under the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program under Section 29.912, a school district is entitled to an allotment equal to the basic allotment, or, if applicable, the sum of the basic allotment and the allotment under Section 48.101 to which the district is entitled, multiplied by:

(1)1.15 if the student is educationally disadvantaged; or

(2)1.11 if the student is not educationally disadvantaged. (a-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a school district described by Section 29.912(c-1) may receive funding under this section for up to 110 percent of the number of students who qualified under Subsection (a) for the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the district's enrollment first reached 1,600 or more.

(b)Each year, the commissioner shall determine for each school district the minimum number of annual graduates of a college or career pathway described by Subsection (a) in each cohort described by Section 48.110(b) who would have to obtain not later than five years after high school graduation a postsecondary credential of value, as determined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board based on analyses of wages and costs associated with the credential, including a degree, certificate, or other credential from credit and noncredit programs that equip students for continued learning and greater earnings in the state economy, in order for the district to qualify for an outcomes bonus under Subsection (c).

(c)In addition to the allotment under Subsection (a), for each annual graduate in a cohort described by Subsection (b) who obtains a postsecondary credential of value in excess of the minimum number of students determined for the applicable district cohort under Subsection (b), a school district is entitled to an annual outcomes bonus of:

(1)if the annual graduate is educationally disadvantaged, $1,500;

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 918 (H.B. 120), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 6.17, eff. September 1, 2025.