Bill Text: TX HB2729 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an inventory of credentials and certificates that may be earned by a public high school student through a career and technology education program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective immediately [HB2729 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2729-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2729 | ||
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| relating to an inventory of credentials and certificates that may | ||
| be earned by a public high school student through a career and | ||
| technology education program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 29.189 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.189. INVENTORY OF CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATES. | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce | ||
| Commission. | ||
| (2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board. | ||
| (b) The agency, the coordinating board, and the commission | ||
| shall jointly develop and post on their respective Internet | ||
| websites an inventory of industry-recognized credentials and | ||
| certificates that may be earned by a public high school student | ||
| through a career and technology education program and that: | ||
| (1) are aligned to state and regional workforce needs; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) serve as an entry point to middle- and high-wage | ||
| jobs. | ||
| (c) The inventory must include for each credential or | ||
| certificate: | ||
| (1) the associated career cluster; | ||
| (2) the awarding entity; | ||
| (3) the level of education required and any additional | ||
| requirements for the credential or certificate; | ||
| (4) any fees for obtaining the credential or | ||
| certificate; and | ||
| (5) the average wage or salary for jobs that require or | ||
| prefer the credential or certificate. | ||
| (d) Each year, the agency, the coordinating board, and the | ||
| commission jointly shall: | ||
| (1) review and, if necessary, update the inventory; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) provide a copy of the inventory to each school | ||
| district and public institution of higher education that offers a | ||
| career and technology education program to public high school | ||
| students. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2018, the Texas | ||
| Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, | ||
| and the Texas Workforce Commission shall jointly develop and post | ||
| on their respective Internet websites the inventory required under | ||
| Section 29.189, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2729 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2729 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
