Bill Text: TX HB4411 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the apprenticeship system of adult career and technology education.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB4411 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4411-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Dutton, Bumgarner, Hayes | H.B. No. 4411 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4411: | |||
By: Button | C.S.H.B. No. 4411 |
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relating to the apprenticeship system of adult career and | ||
technology education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.8235(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board, with the assistance of institutions of higher | ||
education, career and technical education experts, and college and | ||
career readiness experts, shall establish alignment between the | ||
college and career readiness standards and the knowledge, skills, | ||
and abilities students are expected to demonstrate in career and | ||
technical education by establishing programs of study that: | ||
(1) incorporate rigorous college and career readiness | ||
standards, including career and technical education standards that | ||
address both academic and technical content; | ||
(2) support attainment of employability and career | ||
readiness skills; | ||
(3) progress in content specificity by beginning with | ||
all aspects of an industry or career cluster and leading to more | ||
occupationally specific instruction or by preparing students for | ||
ongoing postsecondary career preparation; | ||
(4) incorporate multiple entry and exit points with | ||
portable demonstrations of technical or career competency, which | ||
may include credit transfer agreements or industry-recognized | ||
certifications; and | ||
(5) culminate in the attainment of: | ||
(A) an industry-recognized certification, | ||
credential, or license; | ||
(B) a registered apprenticeship; | ||
(C) an apprenticeship certified by the Texas | ||
Workforce Commission as an industry-recognized apprenticeship | ||
program as provided by commission rule; | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 133.001(1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Apprenticeship training program" means a | ||
training program that provides on-the-job training, preparatory | ||
instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in | ||
a trade that has been: | ||
(A) certified as an apprenticeable occupation by | ||
the Office of Apprenticeship; or | ||
(B) recognized as an apprenticeable occupation | ||
by the commission as provided by commission rule. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 133.002(d) and (h), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) Each apprentice participating in a program must be given | ||
a written apprenticeship agreement by the apprenticeship committee | ||
stating the standards and conditions of the apprentice's employment | ||
and training. The standards must conform substantially with the | ||
standards of apprenticeship for the particular trade which have | ||
been adopted by the Office of Apprenticeship or by the commission by | ||
rule. | ||
(h) A program must be: | ||
(1) registered with the Office of Apprenticeship and | ||
approved by the commission; or | ||
(2) certified by the commission as an | ||
industry-recognized apprenticeship program as provided by | ||
commission rule. | ||
SECTION 4. Chapter 133, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Sections 133.0025 and 133.0065 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 133.0025. PRE-APPRENTICESHIPS FOR CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL | ||
STUDENTS. The commission by rule shall establish procedures and | ||
standards by which the commission may allocate funds available for | ||
the support of apprenticeship training programs under this chapter | ||
to support pre-apprenticeships designed for high school students | ||
enrolled in career and technical education programs of study | ||
leading to employment in high-wage, high-demand occupations. The | ||
standards must: | ||
(1) be developed in coordination with the Texas | ||
Education Agency or Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; | ||
(2) align with the strategic framework described by | ||
Section 318.001, Labor Code; and | ||
(3) ensure that any committee overseeing a | ||
pre-apprenticeship: | ||
(A) excludes from its membership any bargaining | ||
agent representing apprenticeable occupations certified by the | ||
Office of Apprenticeship; | ||
(B) includes at least one member who is a | ||
representative of a community-based organization that demonstrates | ||
evidence of success in coordinating and managing job placement | ||
services for at least one industry served by the committee; and | ||
(C) maintains, as a majority of the committee's | ||
membership, members who represent employers. | ||
Sec. 133.0065. PUBLICATION OF WAGE OUTCOMES. The | ||
commission shall publish on the commission's Internet website and | ||
include in the unified repository for education and workforce data | ||
developed under Section 2308A.005, Government Code, wage outcome | ||
data for apprentices who complete an apprenticeship training | ||
program. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 133.007, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 133.007. RULES. The commission shall adopt | ||
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chapter, including rules establishing: | ||
(1) which occupations are recognized by the commission | ||
as an apprenticeable occupation, based on criteria which must | ||
include that the occupation: | ||
(A) be a high-wage, high-demand occupation; | ||
(B) be customarily learned in a practical way | ||
through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised | ||
training; | ||
(C) be clearly identified and commonly | ||
recognized throughout an industry; | ||
(D) involve manual, mechanical, or technical | ||
skills or knowledge which requires significant on-the-job work | ||
experience; and | ||
(E) require related instruction to supplement | ||
the on-the-job training; | ||
(2) standards of apprenticeship for particular | ||
trades; and | ||
(3) a process for and the criteria by which the | ||
commission may certify a training or apprenticeship program as an | ||
industry-recognized apprenticeship program, which must include: | ||
(A) a requirement that the training or program | ||
lead to employment in a high-wage, high-demand occupation; and | ||
(B) criteria generally consistent with the | ||
standards of apprenticeship as determined by the commission. | ||
SECTION 6. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules | ||
required by Chapter 133, Education Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |