Bill Text: TX HB2575 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the workforce diploma pilot program.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2575 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2575-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2575 | ||
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| relating to the workforce diploma pilot program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 317.004 and 317.010, Labor Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 317.004. PROVIDER ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to | ||
| participate as a provider under the program, a provider must: | ||
| (1) apply to the commission in the manner prescribed | ||
| by commission rule; | ||
| (2) be a public, nonprofit, or private entity that is: | ||
| (A) authorized under the Education Code or other | ||
| state law to grant a high school diploma; or | ||
| (B) accredited by a regional accrediting body and | ||
| working in partnership with an entity described by Paragraph (A); | ||
| (3) have at least two years of experience providing | ||
| dropout reengagement services to adult students, including | ||
| recruitment, learning plan development, and proactive coaching and | ||
| mentoring, leading to the obtainment of a high school diploma; | ||
| (4) be equipped to: | ||
| (A) provide: | ||
| (i) academic skill intake assessment and | ||
| transcript evaluations; | ||
| (ii) remediation coursework in literacy and | ||
| numeracy; | ||
| (iii) a research-validated academic | ||
| resiliency assessment and intervention; | ||
| (iv) employability skills development | ||
| aligned to employer needs; | ||
| (v) career pathways coursework; | ||
| (vi) preparation for the attainment of | ||
| industry-recognized credentials; and | ||
| (vii) career placement services; and | ||
| (B) develop a learning plan that integrates | ||
| academic requirements and career goals; and | ||
| (5) offer a course catalog that includes all courses | ||
| necessary to meet high school graduation requirements in this | ||
| state. | ||
| Sec. 317.010. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires September | ||
| 1, 2027 [ |
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| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2575 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 31, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2575 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 9, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
