Bill Text: TX SB236 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to participation of the members of the Texas Workforce Commission in certain functions of the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres [SB236 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB236-Introduced.html

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88R1201 RDS-F
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 236

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to participation of the members of the Texas Workforce
Commission in certain functions of the Tri-Agency Workforce
Initiative.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2308A.004, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2308A.004. QUARTERLY DISCUSSIONS. The commissioner of
education, commissioner of higher education, and all three members
[chair] of the commission shall discuss the work of the initiative
at least once per quarter.
SECTION 2. Sections 2308A.006(a), (d), and (e), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioner of education, commissioner of higher
education, and all three members [chair] of the commission jointly
shall develop and post in a prominent location on the initiative's
and each respective agency's Internet website state workforce
development goals and coordinated interagency strategies for
achieving those goals.
(d) In consultation with employers, the commissioner of
education, commissioner of higher education, and all three members
[chair] of the commission jointly shall update the state workforce
development goals and strategies developed under Subsection (a) at
least every four years, or more frequently if needed to reflect
available data and circumstances.
(e) In consultation with employers, the commissioner of
education, commissioner of higher education, and all three members
[chair] of the commission shall designate and update every two
years a list of career pathways that includes the following two
priority categories:
(1) target occupations, which include current needs
that exist in one or more regions of the state as reflected in
regional workforce assessments that:
(A) use the best available data and local
employer requests; and
(B) satisfy minimum federal standards for
designations, such as a foundation for qualified use of federal
workforce funding; and
(2) critical career pathways that reflect the best
statewide data and forecasts of skills and careers for which demand
in the state is expected to grow that may:
(A) be associated with new emerging industries or
new specialty occupations within an industry; or
(B) reflect pathways to better wages for workers
with documented skills that provide promotional opportunities
within or across occupations with targeted upskill training.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.