Bill Text: TX SB574 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expansion of applied workforce learning opportunities in this state, including through the establishment of the Texas Industry Internship Challenge.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-08 - Referred to Education [SB574 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB574-Introduced.html
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| By: Miles | S.B. No. 574 | |
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| relating to the expansion of applied workforce learning | ||
| opportunities in this state, including through the establishment of | ||
| the Texas Industry Internship Challenge. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 302.0028 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 302.0028. APPLIED WORKFORCE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES; | ||
| TEXAS INDUSTRY INTERNSHIP CHALLENGE. (a) The commission, in | ||
| partnership with the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board, shall develop and implement | ||
| strategies to: | ||
| (1) significantly increase the number of, and | ||
| participation by students in, applied workforce learning | ||
| opportunities, including paid internships, externships, and | ||
| apprenticeships, offered by employers in high-demand industries | ||
| and occupations to students enrolled in high schools or public or | ||
| private institutions of higher education in this state, including | ||
| opportunities offered during the summer; and | ||
| (2) facilitate the uniform award by high schools and | ||
| public or private institutions of higher education of academic | ||
| credit to students for the successful completion of those | ||
| opportunities, where appropriate. | ||
| (b) In carrying out its duties under Subsection (a), the | ||
| commission shall establish the Texas Industry Internship Challenge | ||
| under which the commission develops and administers a centralized | ||
| electronic Internet portal through which, in a streamlined, | ||
| responsive, and user-friendly manner: | ||
| (1) employers may post information regarding applied | ||
| workforce learning opportunities described by Subsection (a); and | ||
| (2) students enrolled in high schools or public or | ||
| private institutions of higher education in this state may access | ||
| information regarding and apply for those opportunities. | ||
| (c) The commission, the commissioner of education, and the | ||
| Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules as | ||
| necessary for the administration of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. | ||
