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This bill focuses on enhancing college, career, and military readiness in Texas public schools through several key provisions. It adds two new goals to the state's public education objectives: ensuring high school graduates have workforce skills and credentials, and preparing students for postsecondary education without needing remedial coursework. The bill requires the Texas Education Agency to post detailed, de-identified data about student outcomes after high school, including college enrollment, persistence, and employment information. School districts must now develop more comprehensive plans with specific annual goals for student credentials, postsecondary enrollment, and workforce readiness. The legislation expands opportunities for students in career and technology education programs, including recognizing Junior ROTC programs as career and technology education, and allows certain graduated students to continue taking dual credit courses. The bill also increases funding for programs like P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College High School) and R-PEP (Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership), provides reimbursements for certification examinations, and requires schools to provide more detailed information to students and parents about postsecondary and workforce opportunities. Additionally, the bill mandates the creation of a statewide goal for career readiness and enhances reporting requirements for workforce data.

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