| 1 | 1 | | 86R3401 CAE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lucio III H.B. No. 4282 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency of career and |
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| 8 | 8 | | technology education programs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 29.193 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 29.193. STUDY AND REPORT ON CREDENTIALS AND |
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| 13 | 13 | | CERTIFICATES. (a) The agency shall conduct a study to: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) evaluate the industry-recognized credentials and |
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| 15 | 15 | | certificates that are currently being offered to public high school |
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| 16 | 16 | | students through career and technology education programs; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) identify any unmet needs in career and technology |
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| 18 | 18 | | education programs currently being offered to public high school |
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| 19 | 19 | | students. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The study must: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) for each career cluster included in the study: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) evaluate: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (i) the industry-recognized credentials or |
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| 24 | 24 | | certificates in the career cluster currently being offered to |
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| 25 | 25 | | public high school students through career and technology education |
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| 26 | 26 | | programs; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (ii) the knowledge and skills in the career |
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| 28 | 28 | | cluster necessary to meet state and regional workforce needs; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) identify: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (i) any gaps between the |
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| 31 | 31 | | industry-recognized credentials or certificates identified under |
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| 32 | 32 | | Paragraph (A)(i) and the knowledge and skills identified under |
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| 33 | 33 | | Paragraph (A)(ii); and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (ii) any knowledge or skills that could be |
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| 35 | 35 | | incorporated into career and technology education programs in the |
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| 36 | 36 | | career cluster to increase students' marketability in that field |
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| 37 | 37 | | after graduation from high school; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) for each currently offered industry-recognized |
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| 39 | 39 | | credential or certificate, assess the economic impact of earning |
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| 40 | 40 | | the credential or certificate, including: |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) the average industry wage for a student who |
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| 42 | 42 | | has earned the credential or certificate; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) the demand to employ a student in the area for |
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| 44 | 44 | | which the student has earned the credential or certificate. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) Not later than September 1, 2021, the agency shall |
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| 46 | 46 | | submit to the commissioner a report that: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) identifies any currently offered |
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| 48 | 48 | | industry-recognized credential or certificate that does not |
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| 49 | 49 | | provide a sufficient positive economic impact based on the |
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| 50 | 50 | | assessment conducted under Subsection (b)(2); and |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) recommends the creation of industry-recognized |
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| 52 | 52 | | credentials or certificates to be offered in a career and |
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| 53 | 53 | | technology education program that will address unmet workforce |
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| 54 | 54 | | needs and enhance student competitiveness in the labor market. |
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| 55 | 55 | | (d) This section expires September 1, 2022. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 57 | 57 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 58 | 58 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 59 | 59 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 60 | 60 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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