Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 33
	1	+	By: Dominguez, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 33
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 6, 2021;
	3	+	April 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Veteran Affairs & Border Security; April 21, 2021, reported
	5	+	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 21, 2021,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to measures to facilitate the award of postsecondary
6	13		course credit leading to workforce credentialing based on military
7		-	experience, education, and training and to prepare veterans for
8		-	employment in certain industries.
	14	+	experience, education, and training.
9	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	16		SECTION 1. Section 51.3041(b), Education Code, is amended
11	17		to read as follows:
12	18		(b) An institution of higher education shall consider, in
13	19		determining whether to award to a student course credit toward a
14	20		degree or certificate offered by the institution for the student's
15	21		completion of certain military training:
16	22		(1) any official military record presented to the
17	23		institution by the student that:
18	24		(A) describes the substance of the training
19	25		completed by the student; and
20	26		(B) verifies the student's successful completion
21	27		of that training; and
22	28		(2) whether the substance of that training satisfies
23	29		the purpose of the course for which the student seeks credit as
24	30		described in the institution's course catalog.
25	31		SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 132, Education Code, is
26	32		amended by adding Section 132.026 to read as follows:
27	33		Sec. 132.026. MEASURES TO FACILITATE AWARD OF COURSE CREDIT
28	34		FOR MILITARY SERVICE. (a) The commission shall evaluate programs
29	35		of study or courses offered by career schools or colleges leading to
30	36		industry-based certifications or other workforce credentials to
31	37		identify programs or courses for which skills obtained through
32	38		military experience, education, and training frequently align.
33	39		(b) The commission shall publish on its Internet website a
34	40		list of any programs of study or courses identified by the
35	41		commission under this section and the relevant military experience,
36	42		education, or training that may align with those programs or
37	43		courses.
38	44		SECTION 3. Section 132.055, Education Code, is amended by
39	45		adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
40	46		(c) In determining whether to approve a career school or
41	47		college that offers a program of study or course listed on the
42	48		commission's Internet website under Section 132.026(b), in
43	49		addition to the criteria prescribed by Subsection (b) of this
44	50		section, the commission shall require that the career school or
45	51		college provide credit to a student toward any course time required
46	52		for the program of study or course for skills obtained by the
47	53		student through military experience, education, or training,
48	54		unless the school or college can demonstrate that those skills are
49	55		not appropriately aligned with the program of study or course.
50		-	SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is
51		-	amended by adding Section 434.027 to read as follows:
52		-	Sec. 434.027. ENERGY INDUSTRY PROGRAM FOR VETERAN
53		-	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. (a) The Texas Veterans Commission shall
54		-	develop and administer a program to provide assistance to veterans
55		-	seeking a certification or training to prepare for employment in
56		-	the energy industry.
57		-	(b) The commission, in coordination with the General Land
58		-	Office and Veterans' Land Board, shall conduct an outreach campaign
59		-	to encourage veterans to participate in the program established
60		-	under this section.
61		-	(c) The commission shall adopt rules to implement the
62		-	program established under this section.
63		-	SECTION 5. Section 302.0031, Labor Code, is amended by
	56	+	SECTION 4. Section 302.0031, Labor Code, is amended by
64	57		amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (i) to read as
65	58		follows:
66	59		(a) In this section:
67	60		(1) "Career school or college" has the meaning
68	61		assigned by Section 132.001, Education Code.
69	62		(2) "Institution[, "institution] of higher education"
70	63		has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
71	64		(i) Under the program, the commission shall identify,
72	65		develop, and support methods to facilitate the award of course time
73	66		credit by career schools or colleges or other private or nonprofit
74	67		entities providing programs of study or courses of instruction
75	68		leading to industry certifications or other workforce credentials
76	69		to veterans and military servicemembers for military experience,
77	70		education, or training obtained during military service for
78	71		programs of study or courses of instruction offered by those
79	72		schools, colleges, or other entities for which skills obtained
80	73		through military experience, education, and training align.
81		-	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
82		-	______________________________ ______________________________
83		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
84		-	I certify that H.B. No. 33 was passed by the House on April 1,
85		-	2021, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
86		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
87		-	No. 33 on May 12, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1
88		-	present, not voting.
89		-	______________________________
90		-	Chief Clerk of the House
91		-	I certify that H.B. No. 33 was passed by the Senate, with
92		-	amendments, on May 4, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
93		-	______________________________
94		-	Secretary of the Senate
95		-	APPROVED: __________________
96		-	Date
97		-	__________________
98		-	Governor
	74	+	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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