Bill Text: TX SB209 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce Investment Council, including assumption of the duties of the Texas Skill Standards Board.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB209 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB209-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Hinojosa, et al. | S.B. No. 209 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed February 25, 2015; March 2, 2015, read | ||
| first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and | ||
| Economic Development; March 11, 2015, reported favorably by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; March 11, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce | ||
| Investment Council, including assumption of the duties of the Texas | ||
| Skill Standards Board. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2308.005, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2308.005. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Texas | ||
| Workforce Investment Council is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas | ||
| Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that | ||
| chapter, the council is abolished September 1, 2027 [ |
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| council shall be reviewed during the period in which the Texas | ||
| Workforce Commission is reviewed. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2308, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2308.109 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2308.109. DUTY TO DEVELOP SKILL STANDARDS. (a) The | ||
| council shall provide advice to the governor and the legislature on | ||
| the development of a statewide system of industry-defined and | ||
| industry-recognized skill standards and credentials for all major | ||
| skilled occupations that: | ||
| (1) provide strong employment and earnings | ||
| opportunities in this state; and | ||
| (2) require less than a baccalaureate degree. | ||
| (b) The council shall: | ||
| (1) validate and recognize nationally established | ||
| skill standards to guide curriculum development, training, | ||
| assessment, and certification of workforce skills; | ||
| (2) convene industry groups to develop skill standards | ||
| and certification procedures for industries and occupations in | ||
| which standards have not been established or adopted and recognize | ||
| the skill standards and certification procedures; | ||
| (3) review the standards developed by other states and | ||
| foreign countries and enter into agreements for mutual recognition | ||
| of standards and credentials to enhance portability of skills; and | ||
| (4) promote the use of standards and credentials among | ||
| employers. | ||
| (c) The council shall: | ||
| (1) report on the council's duties under this section | ||
| to the governor; and | ||
| (2) provide annual reports on the council's duties | ||
| under this section to the governor, the division, and the | ||
| legislature. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter H, Chapter 2308, Government Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 4. The Texas Skill Standards Board is abolished. | ||
| All powers and duties of the Texas Skill Standards Board are | ||
| transferred to the Texas Workforce Investment Council. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
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