Bill Text: TX HB797 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain written information the Windham School District must provide to a person before the person enrolls in a district vocational training program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB797 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB797-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 797 | ||
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| relating to certain written information the Windham School District | ||
| must provide to a person before the person enrolls in a district | ||
| vocational training program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 19.0042 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 19.0042. INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY DISTRICT BEFORE | ||
| VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM ENROLLMENT. Before a person described | ||
| by Section 19.005 enrolls in a district vocational training | ||
| program, the district must inform the person in writing of: | ||
| (1) any rule or policy of a state agency that would | ||
| impose a restriction or prohibition on the person in obtaining a | ||
| certificate or license in connection with the vocational training | ||
| program; | ||
| (2) the total number of district students released | ||
| during the preceding 10 years who have completed a district | ||
| vocational training program that allows for an opportunity to apply | ||
| for a certificate or license from a state agency and, of those | ||
| students: | ||
| (A) the number who have applied for a certificate | ||
| or license from a state agency; | ||
| (B) the number who have been issued a certificate | ||
| or license by a state agency; and | ||
| (C) the number who have been denied a certificate | ||
| or license by a state agency; and | ||
| (3) the procedures for: | ||
| (A) requesting a criminal history evaluation | ||
| letter under Section 53.102, Occupations Code; | ||
| (B) providing evidence of fitness to perform the | ||
| duties and discharge the responsibilities of a licensed occupation | ||
| for purposes of Section 53.023, Occupations Code; and | ||
| (C) appealing a state agency's denial of a | ||
| certificate or license, including deadlines and due process | ||
| requirements: | ||
| (i) to the State Office of Administrative | ||
| Hearings under Subchapter C, Chapter 2001, Government Code; and | ||
| (ii) through any other available avenue. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 19.0042, Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only regarding enrollment of a person in a Windham | ||
| School District vocational training program on or after September | ||
| 1, 2013. | ||
| 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. 797 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 797 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
