81R10333 ALB-D
By: Isett H.B. No. 2745
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a certification program to provide job skills training.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Chapter 312 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 312. TEXAS READY TO WORK CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Sec. 312.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Certification program" means the Texas Ready to
Work Certification Program established under this chapter.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce
Commission.
Sec. 312.002. CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. (a) The commission
shall develop and establish a certification program to provide job
skills training to program participants.
(b) The commission shall determine appropriate facilities
and settings at which to conduct the certification program.
(c) The commission shall:
(1) identify occupations appropriate for inclusion in
the certification program; and
(2) develop a set of workplace skills for each
included occupation.
Sec. 312.003. INSTRUCTIONAL ASSESSMENTS. (a) The
commission shall develop a preinstructional assessment to
determine a student's mastery level of each of the skills
identified under Section 312.002(c)(2).
(b) The commission shall develop an instructional program
that targets the skills in which a program participant is not
proficient, as measured by the preinstructional assessment in
Subsection (a). The program shall provide web-based instruction
customized to meet the needs of local employers.
(c) After receiving instruction under Subsection (b), a
program participant may take a postinstructional assessment.
Sec. 312.004. CERTIFICATE; PORTFOLIO. The commission shall
provide each program participant with a certificate indicating
successful completion of the certification program and a portfolio
that describes in detail each of the skills at which the participant
is proficient as determined by the postinstructional assessment
under Section 312.003(c).
Sec. 312.005. RULEMAKING. The commission shall adopt rules
as necessary to administer the commission's duties under this
chapter.
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, 2009.