Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1712 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R10296 KSD-D
2	2	By: Rosenthal H.B. No. 1712
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the expansion of the Texas Innovative Adult Career
8	8	Education (ACE) Grant Program to include certain nonprofit
9	9	organizations providing job training to veterans.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 136.001, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows:
13	13	(5) "Veteran" means a person who has served in:
14	14	(A) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or
15	15	marine corps of the United States;
16	16	(B) the state military forces as defined by
17	17	Section 431.001, Government Code; or
18	18	(C) an auxiliary service of one of those branches
19	19	of the armed forces.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 136.005, Education Code, is amended to
21	21	read as follows:
22	22	Sec. 136.005. TEXAS INNOVATIVE ADULT CAREER EDUCATION (ACE)
23	23	GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The grant administrator shall establish and
24	24	administer the Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant
25	25	Program to provide grants to:
26	26	(1) eligible nonprofit workforce intermediary and job
27	27	training organizations; and
28	28	(2) eligible nonprofit organizations providing job
29	29	training to veterans.
30	30	(a-1) In awarding grants under the program, the grant
31	31	administrator shall take into consideration the recommendations of
32	32	the program advisory board.
33	33	(b) Grants may be awarded under this chapter from the Texas
34	34	Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant fund only to develop,
35	35	support, or expand programs of eligible nonprofit workforce
36	36	intermediary and job training organizations and of eligible
37	37	nonprofit organizations providing job training to veterans to
38	38	prepare low-income students or veterans, as applicable, to enter
39	39	careers in high-demand and significantly higher-earning
40	40	occupations.
41	41	SECTION 3. Section 136.006, Education Code, is amended by
42	42	adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as
43	43	follows:
44	44	(a-1) To be eligible for a grant under the program, a
45	45	nonprofit organization providing job training services to veterans
46	46	must:
47	47	(1) apply to the grant administrator in the manner
48	48	prescribed by the grant administrator;
49	49	(2) provide to veterans:
50	50	(A) job training; and
51	51	(B) a continuum of services designed to move a
52	52	program participant from application to employment, including
53	53	outreach, assessment, case management, support services, and
54	54	career placement;
55	55	(3) be governed by a board or other governing
56	56	structure that includes recognized leaders of broad-based
57	57	community organizations and executive-level or managerial-level
58	58	members of the local business community;
59	59	(4) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the program
60	60	advisory board that the organization's program has achieved or will
61	61	achieve the following measure of success among program
62	62	participants:
63	63	(A) rapid attainment of civilian workforce
64	64	credentials; and
65	65	(B) entry into careers with significantly higher
66	66	earnings for program participants than previously achieved; and
67	67	(5) provide matching funds in accordance with rules
68	68	adopted under this chapter.
69	69	(b) The matching funds required under Subsection (a)(5) or
70	70	(a-1)(5) may be obtained from any source available to the
71	71	organization, including in-kind contributions, community or
72	72	foundation grants, individual contributions, and local
73	73	governmental agency operating funds. The grant administrator may
74	74	adopt rules requiring an organization to demonstrate compliance
75	75	with the matching funds requirement before the payment of the next
76	76	installment under an awarded grant.
77	77	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.