Bill Text: TX HB4390 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Grant Program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-28 - Returned from the House for further action [HB4390 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4390-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Grant Program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-28 - Returned from the House for further action [HB4390 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4390-Engrossed.html
By: Button, Burrows, Schaefer, Canales, | H.B. No. 4390 | |
Dutton, et al. |
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relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs | ||
Grant Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 302.252(1), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(1) "Industry-recognized apprenticeship program" | ||
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SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 302.2555 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 302.2555. EXCLUDED PROGRAMS. The commission may not | ||
certify or award a grant under this subchapter to a training program | ||
in the construction industry, as that industry is described by the | ||
North American Industry Classification System sector number 23. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 302.257, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) The commission shall adopt rules to administer and | ||
enforce this subchapter, including rules establishing the criteria | ||
and process for the commission to certify a training program as an | ||
industry-recognized apprenticeship program for purposes of this | ||
subchapter. | ||
(a-1) The certification criteria established under | ||
Subsection (a) must include that the training program: | ||
(1) lead to the attainment of skills that: | ||
(A) are customarily learned in a practical way | ||
through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised | ||
training; and | ||
(B) are clearly identified and commonly | ||
recognized throughout an industry; | ||
(2) involve manual, mechanical, or technical skills or | ||
knowledge requiring significant on-the-job work experience; and | ||
(3) require related instruction to supplement the | ||
on-the-job training. | ||
SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules | ||
required by Section 302.257, Labor Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a grant awarded under Subchapter I, Chapter 302, Labor Code, on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before | ||
that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the grant was | ||
awarded, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |