84R11498 KJE-F
By: Anderson of Dallas H.B. No. 2423
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board on the feasibility of providing off-campus
employment positions through the Texas college work-study program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 56, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 56.081 to read as follows:
Sec. 56.081. STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING OFF-CAMPUS
WORK-STUDY EMPLOYMENT. (a) In this section, "public junior
college" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
conduct a study to examine the feasibility of providing employment
positions located off-campus through the Texas college work-study
program.
(c) The study must identify:
(1) best practices for developing partnerships with
employers to provide off-campus employment positions through the
work-study program, including best practices learned from other
apprenticeship, internship, or mentorship programs in this state or
from similar programs in other states;
(2) any careers or industries that are well-suited for
providing off-campus employment positions through the work-study
program;
(3) current barriers that public junior colleges face
in developing partnerships with employers to provide off-campus
employment positions through the work-study program, including any
staffing needs or limitations on the outreach capabilities of those
colleges; and
(4) any public junior colleges that demonstrate strong
potential for successful participation in a pilot program to
develop partnerships with employers to provide off-campus
employment positions through the work-study program.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2016, the coordinating board
shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker
of the house of representatives, and the standing legislative
committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education a report
on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative
or other action.
(e) This section expires September 1, 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, 2015.