84R9285 KJE-F
By: Murphy H.B. No. 2365
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements for employment positions provided
through the Texas college work-study program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.076, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 56.076. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER. (a) An eligible
institution may enter into agreements with employers that
participate in the work-study program. To be eligible to
participate in the work-study program, an employer must:
(1) provide part-time employment to an eligible
student in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities;
(2) provide, insofar as is practicable, employment to
an eligible student that is related to the student's academic
interests;
(3) use Texas college work-study program positions
only to supplement and not to supplant positions normally filled by
persons not eligible to participate in the work-study program;
(4) provide from sources other than federal college
work-study program funds a percentage of an employed student's
wages that is equal to the percentage of a student's wages that the
employer would be required to provide to the student in that
academic year under the federal college work-study program; and
(5) provide from sources other than federal college
work-study funds 100 percent of other employee benefits for the
employed student.
(b) Each eligible institution shall ensure that 50 percent
of the employment positions provided through the work-study program
in an academic year are provided by employers eligible under this
section who are providing employment located off campus.
SECTION 2. Section 56.079(l), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(l) Notwithstanding Section 56.076(a) [56.076], a
participating entity that employs a student mentor under the
work-study student mentorship program shall provide from sources
other than federal college work-study funds:
(1) not less than 10 percent of the employed student's
wages; and
(2) 100 percent of other employee benefits for the
employed student.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to
participation in the Texas college work-study program beginning
with the 2016-2017 academic year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2015.