# Tex. Education Code § 33.009: POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND CAREER COUNSELING ACADEMIES > Texas · Statutes · Repealed URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ced_C33_S33.009 ## Section - **Citation:** Tex. Education Code § 33.009 - **Heading:** POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND CAREER COUNSELING ACADEMIES - **Jurisdiction:** Texas - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** Repealed - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** TX Code / Code ed / Chapter 33 / Section 33.009 ## Text (a) In this section, "coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (b) The coordinating board shall develop and make available postsecondary education and career counseling academies for school counselors and other postsecondary advisors employed by a school district at a middle school, junior high school, or high school. (c) In developing academies under this section, the coordinating board shall solicit input from the agency, school counselors, the Texas Workforce Commission, institutions of higher education, and business, community, and school leaders. (d) An academy developed under this section must provide counselors and other postsecondary advisors with knowledge and skills to provide counseling to students regarding postsecondary success and productive career planning and must include information relating to: (1) each endorsement described by Section 28.025(c-1), including: (A) the course requirements for each endorsement; and (B) the postsecondary educational and career opportunities associated with each endorsement; (2) available methods for a student to earn credit for a course not offered at the school in which the student is enrolled, including enrollment in a virtual course provided under Chapter 30B; (3) general academic performance requirements for admission to an institution of higher education, including the requirements for automatic admission to a general academic teaching institution under Section 51.803; (4) regional workforce needs, including information about the required education and the average wage or salary for careers that meet those workforce needs; and (5) effective strategies for engaging students and parents in planning for postsecondary education and potential careers, including participation in mentorships and business partnerships. (d-1) An academy developed under this section may include information regarding social-emotional learning and indicators of behavioral issues. (e) The coordinating board shall develop an online instructional program that school districts may use in providing the instruction in high school, college, and career preparation required by Section 28.016. The program must be structured for use as part of an existing course. (f) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1001 (H.B. 2827), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2021. (g) A teacher of a course described by Section 28.016(c)(2) or (3) may attend an academy developed under this section. (h) From funds appropriated for that purpose, a school counselor who attends the academy under this section is entitled to receive a stipend in the amount determined by the coordinating board. If funds are available after all eligible school counselors have received a stipend under this subsection, the coordinating board shall pay a stipend in the amount determined by the coordinating board to a teacher who attends the academy under this section. A stipend received under this subsection is not considered in determining whether a district is paying the school counselor or teacher the minimum monthly salary under Section 21.402. (i) From available funds appropriated for purposes of this section, the coordinating board may provide to school counselors and other educators curricula, instructional materials, and technological tools relating to postsecondary education and career counseling. (j) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1001 (H.B. 2827), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2021. ## Nearby sections - [Tex. Education Code § 33.002 § 33.002. CERTIFIED SCHOOL COUNSELOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ced_C33_S33.002.md) - [Tex. 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ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ced_C33_S33.026.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ced_C33_S33.009. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.