Bill Text: TX HB493 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to reporting requirements for the College Credit for Heroes program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 1/1/18 [HB493 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB493-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 493 |
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relating to reporting requirements for the College Credit for | ||
Heroes program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 302.0031(g), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(g) Not later than November 1 of each year, the commission, | ||
after consultation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating | ||
Board, shall report to the legislature and the governor on: | ||
(1) the results of any grants awarded under this | ||
section; | ||
(2) the best practices for veterans and military | ||
servicemembers to achieve maximum academic or workforce education | ||
credit at institutions of higher education for military experience, | ||
education, and training obtained during military service; | ||
(3) measures needed to facilitate the award of | ||
academic or workforce education credit by institutions of higher | ||
education for military experience, education, and training | ||
obtained during military service; [ |
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(4) other related measures needed to facilitate the | ||
entry of trained, qualified veterans and military servicemembers | ||
into the workforce; | ||
(5) the number of academic or workforce education | ||
semester credit hours awarded under the program and applied toward | ||
a degree or certification program at an institution of higher | ||
education during the most recent academic year, disaggregated by | ||
the subject area for which the credit hours are awarded; and | ||
(6) the number of transfer credit hours awarded under | ||
the program and applied toward a degree or certification program at | ||
an institution of higher education during the most recent academic | ||
year. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
302.0031(g), Labor Code, applies beginning with the report due | ||
under that subsection not later than November 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 493 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 493 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |