Bill Text: TX HB1296 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to information regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities and workforce needs in this state.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1296 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1296-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1296 | ||
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| relating to information regarding postsecondary education and | ||
| career opportunities and workforce needs in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 7.040 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7.040. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND CAREER | ||
| OPPORTUNITIES. (a) The agency shall prepare information comparing | ||
| institutions of higher education in this state and post the | ||
| information on the agency's Internet website. Information prepared | ||
| under this section shall be given to a public school student who | ||
| requests the information. The information shall: | ||
| (1) identify postsecondary education and career | ||
| opportunities, including information that states the benefits of | ||
| four-year and two-year higher education programs, postsecondary | ||
| technical education, skilled workforce careers, and career | ||
| education programs; | ||
| (2) compare each institution of higher education with | ||
| other institutions regarding: | ||
| (A) the relative cost of tuition; | ||
| (B) the retention rate of students; | ||
| (C) the graduation rate of students; | ||
| (D) the average student debt; | ||
| (E) the loan repayment rate of students; and | ||
| (F) the employment rate of students; | ||
| (3) identify the state's future workforce needs, as | ||
| projected by the Texas Workforce Commission; and | ||
| (4) include annual wage information for the top 10 | ||
| highest demand jobs in this state, as identified by the Texas | ||
| Workforce Commission. | ||
| (b) The agency shall collaborate with the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission to | ||
| obtain the information required under Subsection (a). The agency | ||
| shall incorporate the use of existing materials and develop new | ||
| materials to be provided to counselors, students, and parents | ||
| regarding institutions of higher education. | ||
| (c) Each institution of higher education shall include on | ||
| its Internet website, in a prominent location that is not more than | ||
| three hyperlinks from the website's home page, a link to the | ||
| information posted on the agency's Internet website under | ||
| Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.0907 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.0907. REPORT PROJECTING WORKFORCE NEEDS. (a) The | ||
| board, in conjunction with the Texas Workforce Commission and in | ||
| consultation with any other state agency as requested by the board | ||
| or the commission, shall collect relevant information and make | ||
| five-year projections concerning: | ||
| (1) the workforce needs of this state; and | ||
| (2) the educational attainment and training of persons | ||
| projected to enter the state workforce. | ||
| (b) Based on the projections made under Subsection (a), the | ||
| board shall identify the types and levels of education, training, | ||
| and skills that are needed to meet the state's future workforce | ||
| needs and shall make recommendations concerning the expansion of | ||
| existing programs or the development of new programs at public and | ||
| private postsecondary educational institutions in this state as | ||
| necessary to meet the projected workforce needs. | ||
| (c) A postsecondary educational institution may use the | ||
| recommendations made under Subsection (b) in planning for degree | ||
| programs, coursework offerings, and training programs. | ||
| (d) Not later than February 1, 2015, the board shall prepare | ||
| and submit electronically to each standing legislative committee | ||
| with primary jurisdiction over higher education or workforce | ||
| development, each public and private postsecondary educational | ||
| institution in this state, and the Texas Education Agency a report | ||
| of the information collected and analyzed under this section, | ||
| including recommendations of the board for programming at | ||
| postsecondary educational institutions. The board may provide | ||
| subsequent updates to the report as the board considers necessary. | ||
| (e) This section expires August 31, 2017. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1296 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 1296 on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, | ||
| 3 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1296 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
