Bill Text: TX HB1032 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing school districts to provide funding using money received under the Foundation School Program to community-based organizations for purposes of reimbursing private employers for paid internships provided to certain students in career and technology education programs in the district.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Placed on intent calendar [HB1032 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1032-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Thierry, et al. | H.B. No. 1032 | |
| (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado, West) | ||
| (In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 2021; | ||
| May 18, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
| Education; May 24, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
| Yeas 7, Nays 4; May 24, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to authorizing school districts to provide funding using | ||
| money received under the Foundation School Program to | ||
| community-based organizations for purposes of reimbursing private | ||
| employers for paid internships provided to certain students in | ||
| career and technology education programs in the district. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 29.1871 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.1871. CONTRACT TO REIMBURSE FOR PAID INTERNSHIP. | ||
| (a) In this section, "community-based organization" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 303.001, Labor Code. | ||
| (b) To encourage private employers to participate with | ||
| school districts in providing career and technology education to | ||
| assist students in developing the knowledge, skills, and | ||
| competencies necessary for a broad range of career opportunities, | ||
| the board of trustees of a school district may contract with a | ||
| community-based organization to: | ||
| (1) match students in grade 11 or 12 who are | ||
| participating in a career and technology education program in the | ||
| district with paid internships or similar programs provided by | ||
| private employers; and | ||
| (2) reimburse private employers for all or part of the | ||
| cost of providing paid internships or similar programs to students | ||
| described by Subdivision (1) using funds provided to the | ||
| community-based organization by the district. | ||
| (c) A contract described by Subsection (b) must: | ||
| (1) require each paid internship or similar program | ||
| provided to the school district's students to primarily promote a | ||
| public purpose of the district relating to career and technology | ||
| education; | ||
| (2) include provisions under which the school district | ||
| is granted sufficient control to ensure that the public purpose | ||
| under Subdivision (1) is accomplished and the district receives the | ||
| return benefit; and | ||
| (3) ensure that each student employed under a paid | ||
| internship or similar program is paid at least the minimum wage | ||
| required by law. | ||
| (d) In providing funds to a community-based organization | ||
| for the purposes of reimbursing a private employer under a contract | ||
| under Subsection (b), the school district may use funds allocated | ||
| to the district for career and technology education under Section | ||
| 48.106. | ||
| (e) A community-based organization with which a school | ||
| district contracts under Subsection (b) may serve as the employer | ||
| of record for a student employed under a paid internship or similar | ||
| program provided under a contract described by Subsection (b). | ||
| (f) Completion of a paid internship or similar program | ||
| provided under a contract described by Subsection (b) may satisfy a | ||
| requirement to complete a practicum as part of a school district's | ||
| career and technology education program. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 48.106(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) At least 55 percent of the funds allocated under this | ||
| section must be used: | ||
| (1) in providing career and technology education | ||
| programs in grades 7 through 12; or | ||
| (2) in providing funding to a community-based | ||
| organization under a contract entered into under Section 29.1871 | ||
| for purposes of reimbursing private employers for providing paid | ||
| internships or similar programs to students in career and | ||
| technology education programs. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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