Bill Text: TX HB143 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a workplace soft skills training pilot program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-08 - Filed [HB143 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB143-Introduced.html
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By: Dominguez | H.B. No. 143 |
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relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of | ||
a workplace soft skills training 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 302.0201 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 302.0201. WORKPLACE SOFT SKILLS TRAINING PILOT | ||
PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer a pilot | ||
program in Cameron County under which the division: | ||
(1) offers a six-week training course on workplace | ||
soft skills, including workplace ethics and etiquette, effective | ||
communication, leadership, organizational skills, and time | ||
management; and | ||
(2) awards a certificate of completion for a | ||
participant's successful completion of the training course. | ||
(b) The commission by rule shall establish curriculum | ||
requirements for the pilot program and eligibility criteria for a | ||
person to participate in the pilot program. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1, 2022, the commission shall | ||
evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program at enhancing the | ||
workplace soft skills and employment outcomes of participants and | ||
report the results of the evaluation to the legislature. The report | ||
must include the commission's recommendation on whether the pilot | ||
program should be continued on a statewide basis. | ||
(d) This section expires September 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
last day of the legislative session. |