Bill Text: TX SB1119 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to an annual report on employment positions provided through the Texas college work-study program.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [SB1119 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1119-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 1119

AN ACT
relating to an annual report on employment positions provided
through the Texas college work-study program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.082, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 56.082. ANNUAL [BIENNIAL] REPORT. [(a)] Not later
than January 1 of each [odd-numbered] year, the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall submit to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
and the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction
over higher education and post on the coordinating board's Internet
website a report on the Texas college work-study program. The
report must include the total number of students employed through
the program, disaggregated by:
(1) race, ethnicity, and gender;
(2) major and certificate or degree program;
(3) classification as a freshman, sophomore, junior,
or senior or the equivalent;
(4) enrollment in a full course load or less than a
full course load, as determined by the coordinating board;
(5) the employment position's location on or off
campus; and
(6) [(2)] the employer's status as a for-profit or
nonprofit entity.
[(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report under
that subsection not later than May 1, 2019. This subsection expires
September 1, 2019.]
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2018, the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report
required under Section 56.082, Education Code, as amended by this
Act.
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, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1119 passed the Senate on
April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1119 passed the House on
May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 6, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor