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| 1 | 1 | 86R20012 LED-F | |
| 2 | - | By: Bernal, Romero, Jr., Anchia, Stucky, H.B. No. 441 | |
| 3 | - | Thompson of Harris, et al. | |
| 2 | + | By: Bernal, Anchia H.B. No. 441 | |
| 3 | + | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 441: | |
| 4 | + | By: Blanco C.S.H.B. No. 441 | |
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| 6 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 9 | relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission to pay the | |
| 9 | 10 | cost of taking a high school equivalency examination for certain | |
| 10 | 11 | individuals. | |
| 11 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 315.002, Labor Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 14 | adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 15 | (b-1) For an individual who is 21 years of age or older, the | |
| 15 | 16 | commission shall pay the cost of taking one complete high school | |
| 16 | 17 | equivalency examination administered under Section 7.111, | |
| 17 | 18 | Education Code, and made available by a test vendor approved and | |
| 18 | 19 | contracted by the State Board of Education, including an | |
| 19 | 20 | examination that is administered in multiple parts. | |
| 20 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |