Bill Text: TX SB352 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-04 - Co-author authorized [SB352 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB352-Introduced.html
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| By: Powell | S.B. No. 352 | |
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| relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain | ||
| entities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 303.001(a), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The purpose of this chapter is to remove administrative | ||
| barriers that impede the response of public community and technical | ||
| colleges, community-based organizations, local workforce | ||
| development boards, public libraries, school districts, and the | ||
| Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to industry and workforce | ||
| training needs and to develop incentives for public community and | ||
| technical colleges, community-based organizations, local workforce | ||
| development boards, public libraries, school districts, and the | ||
| Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to provide customized | ||
| assessment and training in a timely and efficient manner. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 303.002(b), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) A public community or technical college or the Texas A&M | ||
| Engineering Extension Service may recover customized assessment | ||
| and training costs incurred by the institution if: | ||
| (1) there is an actual or projected labor shortage in | ||
| the occupation in which training is provided that is not being met | ||
| by an existing institution or program in the area; and | ||
| (2) the wages at the time of job placement for | ||
| individuals who successfully complete customized training at the | ||
| public community or technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
| Extension Service are equal to the prevailing wage for that | ||
| occupation in the local labor market area. | ||
| SECTION 3. Sections 303.003(b), (f), (g), and (h), Labor | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The skills development fund may be used by public | ||
| community and technical colleges, community-based organizations, | ||
| local workforce development boards, public libraries, school | ||
| districts, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service as | ||
| start-up or emergency funds for the following job-training | ||
| purposes: | ||
| (1) developing customized training programs for | ||
| businesses and trade unions; and | ||
| (2) sponsoring small and medium-sized business | ||
| networks and consortiums. | ||
| (f) The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service shall focus | ||
| the service's training activities under this chapter on programs | ||
| that: | ||
| (1) are statewide in nature; or | ||
| (2) are not available from a local junior college | ||
| district, a local technical college, or a consortium of junior | ||
| college districts. | ||
| (g) This section does not prohibit the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
| Extension Service from participating in a consortium of junior | ||
| college districts or with a technical college that provides | ||
| training under this chapter. | ||
| (h) A community-based organization may apply for money to | ||
| participate in a training program only in partnership with a | ||
| community and technical college or the Texas A&M Engineering | ||
| Extension Service. A community-based organization providing | ||
| services regulated by the state shall provide evidence of any | ||
| certification, license, or registration required by law. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
