| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to funding for certain apprenticeship training programs. |
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| 8 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Sections 133.002(b), (f), and (g), Education |
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| 10 | 8 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 9 | | (b) A program may be conducted by an independent |
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| 12 | 10 | | apprenticeship committee or may [must] be sponsored by a public |
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| 13 | 11 | | school district or a state postsecondary institution pursuant to a |
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| 14 | 12 | | contract between the district or institution and an apprenticeship |
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| 15 | 13 | | committee. |
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| 16 | 14 | | (f) Funding for a program sponsored by a public school |
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| 17 | 15 | | district or state postsecondary institution, in addition to any |
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| 18 | 16 | | other money available, shall be provided by the apprenticeship |
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| 19 | 17 | | committee pursuant to the terms of the contract referred to in |
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| 20 | 18 | | Subsection (b). |
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| 21 | 19 | | (g) An apprenticeship training program must provide |
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| 22 | 20 | | [Pursuant to the terms of the contract referred to in Subsection |
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| 23 | 21 | | (b),] adequate facilities, personnel, and resources to effectively |
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| 24 | 22 | | administer the [apprenticeship training] program in a manner |
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| 25 | 23 | | consistent with the public's need for skilled craftsmen and the |
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| 26 | 24 | | apprentices' need for marketable skills in apprenticible |
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| 27 | 25 | | occupations [must be provided]. |
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| 28 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Sections 133.005(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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| 29 | 27 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 28 | | (a) The commission shall maintain a clear audit trail of all |
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| 31 | 29 | | funds appropriated for the apprenticeship system of adult career |
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| 32 | 30 | | and technology education. For each course that is funded, the audit |
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| 33 | 31 | | trail shall include the following records: |
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| 34 | 32 | | (1) the name of the sponsoring public school district |
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| 35 | 33 | | or state postsecondary institution or of the apprenticeship |
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| 36 | 34 | | committee offering the course if the apprenticeship training |
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| 37 | 35 | | program is not sponsored by a public school district or state |
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| 38 | 36 | | postsecondary institution; |
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| 39 | 37 | | (2) the name of the instructor; |
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| 40 | 38 | | (3) the number of students enrolled; |
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| 41 | 39 | | (4) the place and schedule of class meetings; and |
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| 42 | 40 | | (5) certification by the bureau for preparatory and |
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| 43 | 41 | | related instruction courses that the students enrolled were |
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| 44 | 42 | | registered apprentices. |
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| 45 | 43 | | (b) A public school district, [Public school districts or] |
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| 46 | 44 | | state postsecondary institution, or apprenticeship committee |
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| 47 | 45 | | operating an apprenticeship training program not sponsored by a |
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| 48 | 46 | | public school district or state postsecondary institution that |
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| 49 | 47 | | receives [institutions receiving] funds shall maintain a clear |
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| 50 | 48 | | audit trail which shall include records of receipts for all |
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| 51 | 49 | | expenditures relating solely to each particular course. Where an |
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| 52 | 50 | | expense is shared by two or more courses, the allocation to that |
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| 53 | 51 | | expense from the funds for a particular course shall be supported by |
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| 54 | 52 | | a formula based on the comparative benefit derived by each course |
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| 55 | 53 | | from the expense. No charges for the depreciation of facilities or |
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| 56 | 54 | | the retirement of indebtedness shall be allocated to an |
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| 57 | 55 | | apprenticeship course. |
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| 58 | 56 | | SECTION 3. Section 133.006(e), Education Code, is amended |
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| 59 | 57 | | to read as follows: |
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| 60 | 58 | | (e) No funds shall be distributed to a public school |
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| 61 | 59 | | district, [or] state postsecondary institution, or apprenticeship |
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| 62 | 60 | | committee until the district, [or] institution, or committee has |
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| 63 | 61 | | filed all reports required by this chapter and by the commission. |
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| 64 | 62 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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