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1	1	81R24540 ALB-F
2	2	By: Isett H.B. No. 2745
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2745:
4	4	By: Eissler C.S.H.B. No. 2745
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to a certification program to provide job skills training.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by
12	12	adding Chapter 312 to read as follows:
13	13	CHAPTER 312. TEXAS READY TO WORK CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
14	14	Sec. 312.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
15	15	(1) "Certification program" means the Texas Ready to
16	16	Work Certification Program established under this chapter.
17	17	(2) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce
18	18	Commission.
19	19	(3) "Program participant" means an individual
20	20	eligible under Section 312.002 to participate in the certification
21	21	program.
22	22	Sec. 312.002. CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. (a) The commission
23	23	shall develop and establish a certification program to provide job
24	24	skills training to:
25	25	(1) individuals receiving unemployment benefits under
26	26	Chapter 207; and
27	27	(2) individuals identified by the commission as
28	28	individuals who will soon enter the workforce.
29	29	(b) The commission shall:
30	30	(1) identify occupations appropriate for inclusion in
31	31	the certification program; and
32	32	(2) develop a set of basic skills for each included
33	33	occupation.
34	34	Sec. 312.003. CERTIFICATION PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS. (a) The
35	35	commission shall develop or adopt an assessment methodology to
36	36	determine a program participant's level of proficiency with each of
37	37	the skills identified under Section 312.002(b)(2).
38	38	(b) The commission shall determine appropriate facilities
39	39	and settings at which to conduct an assessment under this section.
40	40	Sec. 312.004. INSTRUCTIONAL CURRICULUM. (a) The
41	41	commission shall develop or adopt an instructional curriculum that
42	42	targets the skills in which a program participant is not
43	43	proficient, as measured by the assessment under Section 312.003.
44	44	(b) The commission shall provide Internet-based instruction
45	45	to assist each program participant in achieving proficiency in the
46	46	skills targeted under Subsection (a).
47	47	(c) After receiving instruction under Subsection (b), a
48	48	program participant may take a post-instructional assessment.
49	49	Sec. 312.005. CERTIFICATE; PORTFOLIO. The commission shall
50	50	provide to each program participant who successfully demonstrates
51	51	proficiency in the skills identified under Section 312.002(b)(2):
52	52	(1) a Texas Ready to Work certificate; and
53	53	(2) a portfolio that describes in detail each of the
54	54	skills in which the program participant is proficient as determined
55	55	by the post-instructional assessment under Section 312.004(c).
56	56	Sec. 312.006. RULEMAKING. The commission shall adopt rules
57	57	as necessary to administer the commission's duties under this
58	58	chapter.
59	59	Sec. 312.007. FUNDING. The commission is required to
60	60	implement this chapter only if the commission receives funds for
61	61	the purpose of establishing the certification program from:
62	62	(1) the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
63	63	2009;
64	64	(2) a legislative appropriation;
65	65	(3) gifts, grants, or donations; or
66	66	(4) any other lawful source.
67	67	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	68	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	69	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	70	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	71	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.