Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		By: Fallon S.B. No. 2042
2		-	(Ashby)
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency of career and
8	7		technology education programs.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
11	10		amended by adding Section 29.193 to read as follows:
12	11		Sec. 29.193. STUDY AND REPORT ON CREDENTIALS AND
13	12		CERTIFICATES. (a) The agency shall conduct a study to:
14	13		(1) evaluate the industry-recognized credentials and
15	14		certificates that are currently being offered to public high school
16	15		students through career and technology education programs in each
17	16		region of the state; and
18	17		(2) identify any unmet needs in career and technology
19	18		education programs currently being offered to public high school
20	19		students in each region of the state.
21	20		(b) The study must:
22	21		(1) for each region of the state:
23	22		(A) evaluate:
24	23		(i) the industry-recognized credentials or
25	24		certificates currently being offered to public high school students
26	25		through career and technology education programs in the region; and
27	26		(ii) the knowledge and skills necessary to
28	27		meet workforce needs in the region; and
29	28		(B) identify:
30	29		(i) any gaps between the
31	30		industry-recognized credentials or certificates identified under
32	31		Paragraph (A)(i) and the knowledge and skills identified under
33	32		Paragraph (A)(ii); and
34	33		(ii) any knowledge or skills that could be
35	34		incorporated into career and technology education programs in the
36	35		region to increase students' marketability in that region after
37	36		graduation from high school; and
38	37		(2) for each currently offered industry-recognized
39	38		credential or certificate, assess the economic impact of earning
40	39		the credential or certificate in each region of the state,
41	40		including:
42	41		(A) the average industry wage for a student who
43	42		has earned the credential or certificate in each region; and
44	43		(B) the demand to employ a student in each region
45	44		for the credential or certificate.
46	45		(c) Not later than September 1, 2021, the agency shall
47	46		submit to the commissioner a report that:
48	47		(1) identifies any currently offered
49	48		industry-recognized credential or certificate that does not
50	49		provide a sufficient positive economic impact in any region of the
51	50		state based on the assessment conducted under Subsection (b)(2);
52	51		(2) recommends the creation of industry-recognized
53	52		credentials or certificates for each region of the state to be
54	53		offered in a career and technology education program in that region
55	54		that will address unmet workforce needs and enhance student
56	55		competitiveness in the labor market; and
57	56		(3) provides recommendations for issuing guidance to
58	57		public schools on how to use labor market information generated by
59	58		state agencies in designing career and technology education
60	59		programs and courses.
61	60		(d) This section expires September 1, 2022.
62	61		SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency is required to
63	62		implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
64	63		appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
65	64		legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
66	65		purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to,
67	66		implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations
68	67		available for that purpose.
69	68		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
70	69		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
71	70		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
72	71		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
73	72		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.