83R8384 KSD-F
By: Alvarado H.B. No. 1296
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing information to assist postsecondary
educational institutions in addressing the state's projected
workforce needs for training and education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.0907 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0907. ANNUAL REPORT PROJECTING WORKFORCE NEEDS.
(a) The board, in conjunction with the Texas Workforce Commission
and in consultation with any other state agency as requested by the
board or the commission, shall collect relevant information and
make an annual projection for the next three-year period
concerning:
(1) the workforce needs of this state, including the
specific types and levels of education or training and the number of
workers with each type and level of education or training projected
to be needed; and
(2) the educational attainment and training of persons
projected to enter the state workforce, including:
(A) the number of postsecondary education
degrees and certificates projected to be awarded, disaggregated by
level and field;
(B) the number of relevant licenses,
certificates, or similar credentials projected to be awarded,
disaggregated by the industry, trade, or profession in which a
credential may be used; and
(C) any other types of specialized training and
skills projected to be available.
(b) Based on the projections made under Subsection (a), the
board shall identify the types and levels of education, training,
and skills that must be increased or decreased in meeting the
state's future workforce needs and shall make recommendations
concerning the creation, expansion, or contraction of programs at
public and private postsecondary educational institutions in this
state as necessary to meet the projected workforce needs.
(c) A postsecondary educational institution may use the
recommendations made under Subsection (b) in planning for degree
programs, coursework offerings, and training programs.
(d) Not later than February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the
board shall prepare and submit electronically to each standing
legislative committee with primary jurisdiction over higher
education or workforce development and to each public and private
postsecondary educational institution in this state a report of the
information collected and analyzed under this section, including
recommendations of the board for programming at postsecondary
educational institutions.
(e) This section expires August 31, 2017.
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, 2013.