Bill Text: TX HB584 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the development of a state information technology credential offered by public junior colleges or public technical institutes to address shortages in the state information resources workforce.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB584 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB584-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 584 | ||
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| relating to the development of a state information technology | ||
| credential offered by public junior colleges or public technical | ||
| institutes to address shortages in the state information resources | ||
| workforce. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2054.061(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The department shall annually analyze: | ||
| (1) the department's staffing needs; | ||
| (2) the need for and cost-effectiveness of contracting | ||
| for consultants and outside staff; | ||
| (3) whether the department could use department staff | ||
| to accomplish tasks proposed for the consultants and outside staff; | ||
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| (4) whether and what type of training or additional | ||
| resources are necessary for the department to use the department's | ||
| own staff to accomplish tasks proposed for the consultants or | ||
| outside staff; and | ||
| (5) whether entering into an agreement with a public | ||
| junior college district or public technical institute under Section | ||
| 2054.0701 is appropriate to assist the department in meeting | ||
| staffing needs. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2054.0701 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2054.0701. STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CREDENTIAL. | ||
| (a) In this section, "public technical institute" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) The department may enter into an agreement with a public | ||
| junior college district under Section 130.0081, Education Code, or | ||
| a public technical institute under Section 135.06, Education Code, | ||
| or other applicable law to offer a program leading to a state | ||
| information technology credential to address shortages in the state | ||
| information resources workforce. | ||
| (c) A program offered under this section must: | ||
| (1) be approved by the Texas Higher Education | ||
| Coordinating Board in accordance with Section 61.0512, Education | ||
| Code; | ||
| (2) develop the knowledge and skills necessary for an | ||
| entry-level information technology position in a state agency; and | ||
| (3) include a one-year apprenticeship with: | ||
| (A) the department; | ||
| (B) another relevant state agency; | ||
| (C) an organization working on a major | ||
| information resources project; or | ||
| (D) a regional network security center | ||
| established under Section 2059.202. | ||
| (d) The executive director shall update the department's | ||
| intra-agency career ladder program to ensure that an associate | ||
| degree together with a credential awarded under this section may be | ||
| substituted for a four-year baccalaureate degree. | ||
| (e) The classification officer in the office of the state | ||
| auditor shall review the state's position classification plan to | ||
| determine whether an associate degree together with a credential | ||
| awarded under this section may be substituted for a four-year | ||
| baccalaureate degree and revise relevant job descriptions | ||
| accordingly. | ||
| (f) If a program offered under this section is not fully | ||
| funded through tuition and other money of the public junior college | ||
| district or public technical institute available for the purpose, | ||
| the department may: | ||
| (1) use any money available to the department for the | ||
| purpose to offer a program under this section; and | ||
| (2) solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations | ||
| from any public or private source for purposes of offering a program | ||
| under this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 584 was passed by the House on March | ||
| 30, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 584 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
