By: Thompson of Harris, Miles H.B. No. 797
(Senate Sponsor - Garcia)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Criminal Justice; May 9, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain written information the Windham School District
must provide to a person before the person enrolls in a district
vocational training program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 19.0042 to read as follows:
Sec. 19.0042. INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY DISTRICT BEFORE
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM ENROLLMENT. Before a person described
by Section 19.005 enrolls in a district vocational training
program, the district must inform the person in writing of:
(1) any rule or policy of a state agency that would
impose a restriction or prohibition on the person in obtaining a
certificate or license in connection with the vocational training
program;
(2) the total number of district students released
during the preceding 10 years who have completed a district
vocational training program that allows for an opportunity to apply
for a certificate or license from a state agency and, of those
students:
(A) the number who have applied for a certificate
or license from a state agency;
(B) the number who have been issued a certificate
or license by a state agency; and
(C) the number who have been denied a certificate
or license by a state agency; and
(3) the procedures for:
(A) requesting a criminal history evaluation
letter under Section 53.102, Occupations Code;
(B) providing evidence of fitness to perform the
duties and discharge the responsibilities of a licensed occupation
for purposes of Section 53.023, Occupations Code; and
(C) appealing a state agency's denial of a
certificate or license, including deadlines and due process
requirements:
(i) to the State Office of Administrative
Hearings under Subchapter C, Chapter 2001, Government Code; and
(ii) through any other available avenue.
SECTION 2. Section 19.0042, Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies only regarding enrollment of a person in a Windham
School District vocational training program on or after September
1, 2013.
SECTION 3. 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.
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