HB 2159.E - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, subject to funds appropriated for this purpose, to allocate grants to: (1) High schools to implement a training program to prepare students for employment as entry-level aerospace assemblers;

(2) Skill centers to implement enhanced manufacturing skills programs; and

(3) High schools to implement specialized courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.

Requires the education data center in the office of financial management to: (1) Collect aerospace assembler program student participation and completion data for grant recipient high schools;

(2) Collect enhanced manufacturing skills programs student participation and completion data for grant recipient skill centers;

(3) Collect student course enrollment and course completion;

(4) Study mathematics and science course-taking patterns of students completing specialized STEM courses; and

(5) Follow the students to employment or further training and education in the two years following high school.