87R6042 MLH-D
By: Gates H.B. No. 1528
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the posting of certain information regarding programs
of study offered under a school district's career and technology
education program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.186 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.186. POSTING OF INFORMATION ON PROGRAMS OF STUDY.
(a) Using information provided under Subsection (b), a school
district shall maintain on the district's Internet website the
following information for each program of study offered under the
district's career and technology education program:
(1) labor market information relating to jobs to which
the program of study is designed to lead, including:
(A) the growth rate of those jobs;
(B) the median annual salary for those jobs; and
(C) any courses of study, degree requirements, or
other educational requirements necessary to obtain those jobs; and
(2) the industry-based certifications that may be
obtained through the program of study.
(b) The Texas Workforce Commission, with assistance from
the agency, shall biennially produce and make available to each
school district the labor market information described by
Subsection (a)(1) for each program of study offered under a
district's career and technology education program.
(c) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, each school district shall comply with the
requirements under Section 29.186, Education Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.