S.B. No. 1750
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 at least 20
percent but not more than 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. Subchapter E, Chapter 56, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 56.082 to read as follows:
Sec. 56.082. BIENNIAL REPORT. (a) Not later than January
1 of each odd-numbered year, the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board shall submit to the standing legislative
committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education and post
on the coordinating board's Internet website a report on the Texas
college work-study program. The report must include the total
number of students employed through the program, disaggregated by:
(1) the employment position's location on or off
campus; and
(2) the employer's status as a for-profit or nonprofit
entity.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report under
that subsection not later than May 1, 2019. This subsection expires
September 1, 2019.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
56.076 and 56.079, Education Code, apply to participation in the
Texas college work-study program beginning with the 2016-2017
academic year.
SECTION 5. 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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1750 passed the Senate on
April 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2;
May 25, 2015, Senate refused to concur in House amendment and
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 27, 2015, House
granted request of the Senate; May 30, 2015, Senate adopted
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 29,
Nays 2.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1750 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 123,
Nays 15, two present not voting; May 27, 2015, House granted
request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
May 30, 2015, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, two present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor