Bill Text: TX HB2421 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to an annual report on employment positions provided through the Texas college work-study program.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB2421 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2421-Comm_Sub.html

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85R23763 KJE-F
By: Howard, Button H.B. No. 2421
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2421:
By: Lozano C.S.H.B. No. 2421

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual report on employment positions provided
through the Texas college work-study program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.082, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 56.082. ANNUAL [BIENNIAL] REPORT. [(a)] Not later
than January 1 of each [odd-numbered] year, the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall submit to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
and the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction
over higher education and post on the coordinating board's Internet
website a report on the Texas college work-study program. The
report must include the total number of students employed through
the program, disaggregated by:
(1) race, ethnicity, and gender;
(2) major and certificate or degree program;
(3) classification as a freshman, sophomore, junior,
or senior or the equivalent;
(4) enrollment in a full course load or less than a
full course load, as determined by the coordinating board;
(5) the employment position's location on or off
campus; and
(6) [(2)] the employer's status as a for-profit or
nonprofit entity.
[(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report under
that subsection not later than May 1, 2019. This subsection
expires September 1, 2019.]
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 56.082, Education Code,
as amended by this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board shall submit its initial report required under that section
not later than September 1, 2018.
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, 2017.