Bill Text: TX HB797 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to certain written information the Windham School District must provide to a person before the person enrolls in a district vocational training program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB797 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB797-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain written information the Windham School District must provide to a person before the person enrolls in a district vocational training program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB797 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB797-Introduced.html
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By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 797 |
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relating to certain written information the Windham School District | ||
must provide to a person before the person enrolls in a district | ||
vocational training program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 19.0042 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 19.0042. INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY DISTRICT BEFORE | ||
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM ENROLLMENT. Before a person described | ||
by Section 19.005 enrolls in a district vocational training | ||
program, the district must inform the person in writing of: | ||
(1) any rule or policy of a state agency that would | ||
impose a restriction or prohibition on the person in obtaining a | ||
certificate or license in connection with the vocational training | ||
program; | ||
(2) for the preceding three-year period, the total | ||
number of district students who have completed a district | ||
vocational training program and, of those students: | ||
(A) the number who have been denied a certificate | ||
or license by a state agency; and | ||
(B) the number who have been issued a certificate | ||
or license by a state agency; and | ||
(3) the procedures for: | ||
(A) requesting a criminal history evaluation | ||
letter under Section 53.102, Occupations Code; | ||
(B) providing evidence of fitness to perform the | ||
duties and discharge the responsibilities of a licensed occupation | ||
for purposes of Section 53.023, Occupations Code; and | ||
(C) appealing a state agency's denial of a | ||
certificate or license, including deadlines and due process | ||
requirements: | ||
(i) to the State Office of Administrative | ||
Hearings under Subchapter C, Chapter 2001, Government Code; and | ||
(ii) through any other available avenue. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 19.0042, Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only regarding enrollment of a person in a Windham | ||
School District vocational training program on or after September | ||
1, 2013. | ||
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, 2013. |