Bill Text: TX HB441 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission to pay the cost of taking a high school equivalency examination for certain individuals.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [HB441 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB441-Introduced.html

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By: Bernal H.B. No. 441

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a state subsidy for the cost of general education
development exams for those over the age of 21.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 315.006, Labor Code is amended by adding
Subsection (C) to read as follows:
(C) The commission shall provide a subsidy to
individuals equal to the cost of a general education development
(GED) exam for those over the age of 21. This subsidy must be used
for the full amount of the general education development (GED) exam
administration.
SECTION 2. 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, 2019.