Bill Text: TX HB1472 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain public school workforce training programs funded by the skills development fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HB1472 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1472-Introduced.html
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By: Thierry | H.B. No. 1472 |
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relating to certain public school workforce training programs | ||
funded by the skills development fund. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 303.001(a), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The purpose of this chapter is to remove administrative | ||
barriers that impede the response of school districts and | ||
open-enrollment charter schools described by Section 303.003(b-3), | ||
public community and technical colleges, community-based | ||
organizations, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to | ||
industry and workforce training needs and to develop incentives for | ||
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and efficient manner. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 303.001(b), Labor Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Open-enrollment charter school" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 303.002, Labor Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 303.002. WAIVER; RECOVERY OF CERTAIN COSTS. (a) The | ||
commission may review and recommend to the legislature the waiver | ||
of any requirements set forth in the [ |
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they may apply to a school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
school described by Section 303.003(b-3) or public community and | ||
technical college [ |
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customized training for demand occupations in particular | ||
industries, including statutes or regulations limiting costs that | ||
may be recovered from state funds by the district, school, or [ |
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(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
described by Section 303.003(b-3), a public community or technical | ||
college, or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service may recover | ||
customized assessment and training costs incurred by the district, | ||
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(1) there is an actual or projected labor shortage in | ||
the occupation in which training is provided that is not being met | ||
by an existing institution or program in the area; and | ||
(2) the wages at the time of job placement for | ||
individuals who successfully complete customized training at the | ||
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prevailing wage for that occupation in the local labor market area. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 303.003, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b), (b-1), (f), and (g) and adding Subsection | ||
(b-3) to read as follows: | ||
(b) The skills development fund may be used by school | ||
districts and open-enrollment charter schools described by | ||
Subsection (b-3), public community and technical colleges, | ||
community-based organizations, and the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
Extension Service as start-up or emergency funds for the following | ||
job-training purposes: | ||
(1) developing customized training programs for | ||
businesses and trade unions; and | ||
(2) sponsoring small and medium-sized business | ||
networks and consortiums. | ||
(b-1) The commission by rule may establish and develop | ||
additional job incentive programs that use the skills development | ||
fund to create incentives for school districts and open-enrollment | ||
charter schools described by Subsection (b-3) or public community | ||
and technical colleges in partnership with one or more employers, | ||
including prospective employers who commit to establishing a place | ||
of business in this state, to provide workforce training in an | ||
effort to create and retain employment opportunities in this state. | ||
Under a program established under this subsection, the commission | ||
may commit money to a prospective employer described by this | ||
subsection contingent on the employer's establishment of a place of | ||
business in this state. | ||
(b-3) In addition to the programs established under | ||
Subsections (b), (b-1), and (b-2), the commission by rule shall | ||
establish and develop additional programs using the skills | ||
development fund under which a school district or open-enrollment | ||
charter school that includes a high school that provides a career | ||
and technology education program in which at least 35 percent of the | ||
students at the high school are enrolled may provide through that | ||
high school customized workforce training opportunities designed | ||
specifically to meet regional emerging future industry and | ||
workforce training needs identified by the commission for purposes | ||
of this subsection. To participate in a program established under | ||
this subsection, a school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
school is not required to partner with one or more specific | ||
employers or institutions of higher education. | ||
(f) The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service shall focus | ||
the service's training activities under this chapter on programs | ||
that: | ||
(1) are statewide in nature; or | ||
(2) are not available from a school district or | ||
open-enrollment charter school described by Subsection (b-3), a | ||
local junior college district, a local technical college, or a | ||
consortium of junior college districts. | ||
(g) This section does not prohibit the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
Extension Service from participating in a consortium of junior | ||
college districts or with a school district or open-enrollment | ||
charter school described by Subsection (b-3) or a technical college | ||
that provides training under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 303.004, Labor Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 303.004. FUND REVIEW; REPORT BY CERTAIN WORKFORCE | ||
TRAINING PROVIDERS REQUIRED. (a) The Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board shall review all customized training programs | ||
biennially to verify that state funds are being used appropriately | ||
by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools described | ||
by Section 303.003(b-3), public community and technical colleges, | ||
and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service under this chapter. | ||
The Texas Education Agency shall assist the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board as necessary in the board's review of a | ||
customized training program provided by a high school of a school | ||
district or open-enrollment charter school described by Section | ||
303.003(b-3). | ||
(b) Not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
each school district and each open-enrollment charter school | ||
described by Section 303.003(b-3), the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
Extension Service, and each public community or technical college | ||
that provides workforce training under this chapter shall: | ||
(1) conduct a review of the district's, school's, | ||
service's, or college's training programs to: | ||
(A) determine the effectiveness of the programs | ||
in improving the wages of participants who complete the programs; | ||
and | ||
(B) identify strategies for improving the | ||
delivery of workforce training in order to more effectively impact | ||
economic development in this state; and | ||
(2) submit to the commission a detailed written report | ||
summarizing the results of the review for inclusion by the | ||
executive director in the report to the governor and the | ||
legislature required by Section 303.006(c). | ||
(c) If a school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
described by Section 303.003(b-3), the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
Extension Service, or a public community or technical college fails | ||
to submit a report required by Subsection (b)(2): | ||
(1) the district, school, service, or college must | ||
refund to the comptroller any unexpended state funds received by | ||
the district, school, service, or college under this chapter for | ||
the state fiscal biennium in which the report was due; and | ||
(2) the commission may not award any additional grant | ||
to the district, school, service, or college under this chapter | ||
until the district, school, service, or college has complied with | ||
that reporting requirement. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 303.006(d), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) The annual report must include for that fiscal year: | ||
(1) the total number of applications submitted, the | ||
total number of applications approved, and the total number of | ||
applications rejected by region of the state; | ||
(2) the average and median weekly wage levels of | ||
trainees under this chapter entering or returning to the workforce, | ||
broken down by: | ||
(A) current employees undergoing retraining; | ||
(B) new hires; and | ||
(C) region of the state; | ||
(3) the average and median weekly wage levels of | ||
trainees under this chapter entering or returning to the workforce, | ||
broken down by region of the state; | ||
(4) the number and percentage of trainees covered by | ||
health care insurance coverage, workers' compensation insurance | ||
coverage, and other analogous benefit programs; | ||
(5) the total amount of money awarded in each region of | ||
the state and the percentage that amount represents of the total | ||
amount of money awarded on a statewide basis; | ||
(6) a comparison of the percentage of total dollars | ||
awarded to each region versus each region's percentage of: | ||
(A) the state's population; | ||
(B) the civilian labor force; | ||
(C) the number of unemployed persons; and | ||
(D) the number of qualified grant applications | ||
submitted to the commission by school districts and open-enrollment | ||
charter schools described by Section 303.003(b-3) and public | ||
community and technical colleges; | ||
(7) the total amount of money awarded to | ||
micro-employers, small employers, medium employers, and large | ||
employers, reported by region of the state; and | ||
(8) the total number of jobs created or persons | ||
retrained under the program: | ||
(A) by region of the state; | ||
(B) by occupation classified by the two-digit | ||
standard industrial classification; | ||
(C) by wage level; and | ||
(D) whether attributable to: | ||
(i) relocation of businesses to this state; | ||
or | ||
(ii) training or retraining of employees of | ||
existing employers. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |