| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education |
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| 8 | 6 | | Coordinating Board on the feasibility of providing off-campus |
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| 9 | 7 | | employment positions through the Texas college work-study program. |
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| 10 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 56, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 56.081 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 11 | | Sec. 56.081. STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING OFF-CAMPUS |
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| 14 | 12 | | WORK-STUDY EMPLOYMENT. (a) In this section, "public junior |
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| 15 | 13 | | college" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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| 16 | 14 | | (b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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| 17 | 15 | | conduct a study to examine the feasibility of providing employment |
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| 18 | 16 | | positions located off-campus through the Texas college work-study |
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| 19 | 17 | | program. |
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| 20 | 18 | | (c) The study must identify: |
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| 21 | 19 | | (1) best practices for developing partnerships with |
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| 22 | 20 | | employers to provide off-campus employment positions through the |
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| 23 | 21 | | work-study program, including best practices learned from other |
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| 24 | 22 | | apprenticeship, internship, or mentorship programs in this state or |
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| 25 | 23 | | from similar programs in other states; |
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| 26 | 24 | | (2) any careers or industries that are well-suited for |
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| 27 | 25 | | providing off-campus employment positions through the work-study |
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| 28 | 26 | | program; |
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| 29 | 27 | | (3) current barriers that public junior colleges face |
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| 30 | 28 | | in developing partnerships with employers to provide off-campus |
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| 31 | 29 | | employment positions through the work-study program, including any |
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| 32 | 30 | | staffing needs or limitations on the outreach capabilities of those |
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| 33 | 31 | | colleges; and |
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| 34 | 32 | | (4) any public junior colleges that demonstrate strong |
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| 35 | 33 | | potential for successful participation in a pilot program to |
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| 36 | 34 | | develop partnerships with employers to provide off-campus |
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| 37 | 35 | | employment positions through the work-study program. |
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| 38 | 36 | | (d) Not later than December 1, 2016, the coordinating board |
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| 39 | 37 | | shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker |
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| 40 | 38 | | of the house of representatives, and the standing legislative |
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| 41 | 39 | | committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education a report |
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| 42 | 40 | | on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative |
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| 43 | 41 | | or other action. |
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| 44 | 42 | | (e) This section expires September 1, 2017. |
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| 45 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 46 | 44 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 47 | 45 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 48 | 46 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 49 | 47 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 48 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 49 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 50 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 947 passed the Senate on |
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| 51 | + | March 25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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| 52 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 54 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 947 passed the House on |
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| 55 | + | May 8, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 6, two present |
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| 56 | + | not voting. |
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| 57 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 58 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 59 | + | Approved: |
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| 60 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 61 | + | Date |
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| 62 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 63 | + | Governor |
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