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HB120: Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.

: Keith Bell (R-TX) : May 25, 2026 Updated: Jun 20, 2025
State Finances
Education
Education--Primary & Secondary
Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum
Education--School Districts
EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS
EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF
Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance
INTERNET
Electronic Information Systems
Labor
Military & Veterans
State Finances--Management & Control
Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance
Science & Technology
Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel
Education--Primary & Secondary--Facilities
Labor--Workforce Development
Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools
Labor--Workforce Development--Rural
Education--Rural
FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM
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Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.

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