85R10485 KJE-F
By: Howard H.B. No. 2421
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual report on employment positions provided
through the Texas college work-study program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.082, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 56.082. ANNUAL [BIENNIAL] REPORT. [(a)] Not later
than January 1 of each [odd-numbered] year, the Texas Higher
Education 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 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) race, ethnicity, and gender;
(2) major and certificate or degree program;
(3) classification as a freshman, sophomore, junior,
or senior or the equivalent;
(4) enrollment in a full course load or less than a
full course load, as determined by the coordinating board;
(5) the employment position's location on or off
campus; and
(6) [(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 2. Not later than January 1, 2018, the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report
required under Section 56.082, Education Code, as amended by this
Act.
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, 2017.