Bill Text: TX SB154 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a career and technical education workforce specialist pilot program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Education [SB154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB154-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 154 |
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relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of | ||
a career and technical education workforce specialist pilot | ||
program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 302.0055 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 302.0055. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WORKFORCE | ||
SPECIALIST PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Career school or college" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 132.001, Education Code. | ||
(2) "Public junior college," "public state college," | ||
and "public technical institute" have the meanings assigned by | ||
Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
(b) The commission, in consultation with the Texas | ||
Education Agency, shall establish and implement a career and | ||
technical education workforce specialist pilot program under which | ||
workforce development specialists provide career services to | ||
students at public high schools in designated regions of this state | ||
for the purpose of directing those students toward high-demand, | ||
skilled occupations experiencing existing or projected workforce | ||
shortages in this state. | ||
(c) The commission, in consultation with the Texas | ||
Education Agency, shall designate three regions of this state, and | ||
the public high schools in each of those regions, to receive | ||
services under the pilot program and assign at least one workforce | ||
development specialist to provide services in each region. The | ||
selected regions must include at least one urban area and one rural | ||
area. | ||
(d) Career services provided under the pilot program must | ||
include the provision of information, guidance, and counseling | ||
regarding: | ||
(1) high-demand, skilled occupations in this state, | ||
including middle skill jobs; and | ||
(2) educational and training opportunities for those | ||
occupations, including: | ||
(A) opportunities offered by employers, public | ||
junior colleges, public state colleges, or public technical | ||
institutes; and | ||
(B) with respect to high-demand occupations in | ||
the building trade, any: | ||
(i) related courses of instruction offered | ||
by career schools or colleges; or | ||
(ii) available apprenticeships. | ||
(e) The commission may adopt rules as necessary for the | ||
administration of this section. | ||
(f) Not later than January 1, 2021, the commission shall | ||
report to the legislature regarding the commission's: | ||
(1) assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot | ||
program in directing students toward employment in high-demand, | ||
skilled occupations; and | ||
(2) recommendations for improving the pilot program | ||
and expanding the pilot program statewide. | ||
(g) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |