(a) Texas Education Code, §130A.101(c)(1), provides for public junior colleges to earn an additional funding weight for a credential conferred in a high-demand occupation as part of performance tier funding.
(b) The purpose of this subchapter is to identify a credential eligible for an additional funding weight. To be eligible for an additional weight a credential must be eligible for performance tier funding under §13.555 of this chapter (relating to Performance Tier Funding), and a public junior college must confer the credential in a field specified in this subchapter, as defined by the discipline's federal Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code.

Source Note: The provisions of this §13.590 adopted to be effective May 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 3270