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1		-	H.B. No. 1247
	1	+	By: Lozano, Ordaz Perez H.B. No. 1247
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Powell, Alvarado, Hinojosa)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2021;
	4	+	May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
	5	+	Resources & Economic Development; May 22, 2021, reported
	6	+	adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
	7	+	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
	8	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	9	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1247 By: Zaffirini
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	12	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	13		AN ACT
5	14		relating to the development of and report on a tri-agency
6	15		work-based learning strategic framework by the Texas Workforce
7	16		Commission, the Texas Education Agency, and the Texas Higher
8	17		Education Coordinating Board.
9	18		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	19		SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by
11	20		adding Chapter 318 to read as follows:
12	21		CHAPTER 318. TRI-AGENCY WORK-BASED LEARNING STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
13	22		Sec. 318.001. TRI-AGENCY WORK-BASED LEARNING STRATEGIC
14	23		FRAMEWORK. (a) The commission, the Texas Education Agency, and the
15	24		Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board jointly shall develop a
16	25		strategic framework to encourage work-based learning in this state.
17	26		Each agency shall appoint an existing agency employee to lead the
18	27		development of the framework.
19	28		(b) Not later than December 31, 2022, the commission, the
20	29		Texas Education Agency, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
21	30		Board jointly shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report
22	31		on the framework developed under Subsection (a). The report must:
23	32		(1) define "work-based learning opportunity" in a
24	33		comprehensive manner that includes a variety of high-quality and
25	34		rigorous work-based learning opportunities, such as youth
26	35		apprenticeships, internships, simulated workplaces, service
27	36		learning, and virtual workspaces;
28	37		(2) determine common language, definitions, and
29	38		quality standards to be used by each agency for work-based learning
30	39		opportunities that span secondary and postsecondary education;
31	40		(3) establish methods of identifying student and adult
32	41		learner skills and competencies that are aligned with industry
33	42		demand and talent needs, with a particular focus on high-demand,
34	43		high-growth industries that offer livable wages;
35	44		(4) align priorities, programs, and goals across the
36	45		agencies to ensure the development of cohesive work-based learning
37	46		strategies that strengthen workforce pipelines;
38	47		(5) identify strategies for the agencies to partner
39	48		with public primary and secondary schools, public institutions of
40	49		higher education, businesses, workforce organizations, and
41	50		relevant collaboratives to implement high-quality project-based
42	51		learning in middle and junior high school classrooms and work-based
43	52		learning experiences in high school and postsecondary education;
44	53		(6) provide methods of supporting partnerships
45	54		between public institutions of higher education to create
46	55		additional pathways for postsecondary work-based learning
47	56		credentials of value to high-demand, high-growth industries and
48	57		that lead to quality career opportunities;
49	58		(7) articulate the roles and responsibilities of
50	59		public primary and secondary schools, public institutions of higher
51	60		education, and workforce boards and organizations in implementing
52	61		high-quality work-based learning programs and partnerships;
53	62		(8) provide a strategy for identifying industry-led
54	63		high-quality training models that promote and replicate high-need
55	64		jobs that lead to equitable outcomes for individuals and can be
56	65		scaled across industries and regions;
57	66		(9) identify opportunities to improve and incentivize
58	67		regional coordination across the state to better reflect regional
59	68		workforce needs and eliminate duplicative programs, including by
60	69		providing state support to build capacity in regional intermediary
61	70		organizations to facilitate education-workforce partnerships and
62	71		programs;
63	72		(10) identify streamlined data collection models for
64	73		primary, secondary, and postsecondary education and workforce
65	74		accountability that can be disaggregated as necessary to evaluate
66	75		and increase equity in access to high-quality programs, with a
67	76		focus on underrepresented populations;
68	77		(11) include recommendations to improve the
69	78		coordination of funds and awarding of grants among the agencies to
70	79		eliminate barriers to entry for regional partners; and
71	80		(12) identify any available federal funds that may be
72	81		used for work-based learning and training and include
73	82		recommendations regarding the use of those funds by the agencies,
74	83		including supporting incentives for public institutions of higher
75	84		education, work-study programs, and student advising and
76	85		completion strategies.
77	86		(c) As soon as practicable after the report is submitted,
78	87		the commission, the Texas Education Agency, and the Texas Higher
79	88		Education Coordinating Board shall, to the extent possible,
80	89		implement the recommendations made under Subsection (b)(12).
81	90		Sec. 318.002. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires September
82	91		1, 2023.
83	92		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
84		-	______________________________ ______________________________
85		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
86		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1247 was passed by the House on April
87		-	16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 120, Nays 25, 2 present, not
88		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
89		-	No. 1247 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 114, Nays 32,
90		-	1 present, not voting.
91		-	______________________________
92		-	Chief Clerk of the House
93		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1247 was passed by the Senate, with
94		-	amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
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96		-	______________________________
97		-	Secretary of the Senate
98		-	APPROVED: __________________
99		-	Date
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101		-	Governor
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