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Scholars is an initiative of the Texas Business and Education Coalition.
Tech Prep Texas Scholars is a recognition program organized by the Tech Prep Board
in collaboration with the Texas Business and Education Coalition, to encourage
students to enroll in, and complete, Tech Prep programs.
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| What
must I do to be a Tech Prep Texas Scholar? | |
To be a Tech Prep Texas
Scholar, a student must do all four of these things: -
Take the courses required by the Recommended High School Program or the Distinguished
Achievement Program.
- Have
at least a four-year plan of study-and preferably a six- or eight-year plan of
study-that includes, in high school, two or more career and technology courses
for 3 or more credits.
- Take
at least one college-level Tech-Prep course as part of the student's high school
graduation plan. A "college-level Tech Prep course" is an articulated and/or concurrent
enrollment career and technology course taken in high school for which the school
district and one of the colleges (STCC or TSTC or Texas Southmost College or Coastal
Bend College) have agreed that a student can receive college credit as part of
a Tech Prep graduation plan. When a student takes college-level Tech-Prep courses,
he/she is creating a scholarship for himself/herself. Students who take these
courses may earn between 3 and 15 college credit hours without being charged tuition
at the college. The number of courses the student takes will depend on the requirements
of the Tech Prep program that interests the student.
- Complete
a declaration of intent to be a Tech Prep Texas Scholar.
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The Recommended High School Program and the Distinguished
Achievement Program | The
Recommended High School Program and the Distinguished Achievement Program
are rigorous academic programs recommended for all students by the State Board
of Education. The curriculum creates a 24-credit high school graduation plan with
choices of elective options:
| English | 4
credits | | Mathematics | 3
credits | | Science | 3
credits | | Social
Studies | 4
credits | | Foreign
Language | 2
or 3 credits* | | Physical
Education | 1.5
credits | | Health | 0.5
credit | | Technology | 1
credit | | Fine
Arts | 1
credit | | Speech | 0.5
credit | | Electives | 3.5
or 2.5 credits* |
*Three years of foreign language for DAP. The DAP also requires "Advanced Measures."
Tech Prep Texas Scholars must follow approved Tech Prep plans of study
that include career and technology courses (see programs at http://www.techpreprgv.com/educators/articulation.html).
Taking the appropriate sequence of the career and technology courses included
in Tech Prep graduation plans, with at least one being a college-level Tech-Prep
course, will ensure that students meet the requirements to graduate as a Tech
Prep Texas Scholars.
| | Rewards
for Tech Prep Texas Scholars | |
Seniors who graduate as Tech Prep Texas Scholars are eligible for the following
rewards: Graduation
Honors: Tech Prep Texas Scholars will receive a special Tech Prep Honor Cord
and a special gold-sealed Tech Prep Texas Scholar certificate.
Scholarship
Competition: Tech Prep Texas Scholars are eligible to compete for one of
the Dr. Lauro F. Cavazos Tech Prep Scholarships ... thousands of dollars for
college!!
Distinguished Achievement Program: :
College-level Tech Prep courses can satisfy requirements for the Distinguished
Achievement Program.
Texas Grant: Having completed the requirements
of either the Recommended High School Program or the Distinguished Achievement
Program, Tech Prep Texas Scholars who qualify for financial assistance become
eligible for a grant program passed by the Texas Legislature: the Texas Grant
program. This may provide all tuition and fees for public colleges and
universities in Texas; however, grant funds are administered on a first-come-first-served
basis.
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