Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 619
	1	+	By: Thompson of Harris, et al. H.B. No. 619
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Alvarado)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2021;
	4	+	May 13, 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. 619 By: Zaffirini
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	12	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	13		AN ACT
5	14		relating to developing a strategic plan to support the child-care
6	15		workforce.
7	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	17		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
9	18		amended by adding Section 302.0062 to read as follows:
10	19		Sec. 302.0062. STRATEGIC PLAN TO SUPPORT CHILD-CARE
11	20		WORKFORCE. (a) The commission shall prepare a strategic plan for
12	21		improving the quality of the infant, toddler, preschool, and
13	22		school-age child-care workforce in this state. The strategic plan
14	23		must include:
15	24		(1) recommendations for local workforce development
16	25		boards to improve, sustain, and support the child-care workforce;
17	26		(2) recommendations for increasing compensation for
18	27		and reducing turnover of child-care workers;
19	28		(3) recommendations for eliminating pay disparities
20	29		in the child-care workforce;
21	30		(4) recommendations for increasing paid opportunities
22	31		for professional development and education for child-care workers,
23	32		including apprenticeships;
24	33		(5) best practices from local workforce development
25	34		boards in this state and other programs designed to support
26	35		child-care workers;
27	36		(6) recommendations for increasing participation in
28	37		the Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System;
29	38		(7) recommendations for public and private
30	39		institutions of higher education to:
31	40		(A) increase the use of articulation agreements
32	41		with school districts and open-enrollment charter schools; and
33	42		(B) assist in the education and training of
34	43		child-care workers;
35	44		(8) specific recommendations for improving the infant
36	45		and toddler child-care workforce; and
37	46		(9) a timeline and benchmarks for the commission and
38	47		local workforce development boards to implement recommendations
39	48		from the strategic plan.
40	49		(b) The commission shall convene a workgroup to assist the
41	50		commission in developing the plan. The workgroup shall include:
42	51		(1) child-care providers;
43	52		(2) community stakeholders; and
44	53		(3) child-care workers.
45	54		(c) The commission shall use the following information in
46	55		creating the plan:
47	56		(1) demographic data of child-care workers in this
48	57		state, including:
49	58		(A) the race, ethnicity, gender, and educational
50	59		attainment of child-care workers; and
51	60		(B) the ages of the children the worker serves;
52	61		(2) compensation data for child-care workers
53	62		disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and educational
54	63		attainment;
55	64		(3) the information described by Subdivisions (1) and
56	65		(2) for a representative sample set of child-care facilities in the
57	66		state; and
58	67		(4) information provided by the workgroup established
59	68		under Subsection (b).
60	69		(d) The commission shall provide the strategic plan
61	70		prepared under this section to the governor, the lieutenant
62	71		governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives.
63	72		(e) The commission shall update the strategic plan prepared
64	73		under this section every three years.
65	74		SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2022, the Texas
66	75		Workforce Commission shall make the strategic plan required by
67	76		Section 302.0062, Labor Code, as added by this Act, available to the
68	77		governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
69	78		representatives.
70	79		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
71		-	______________________________ ______________________________
72		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
73		-	I certify that H.B. No. 619 was passed by the House on April
74		-	20, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 54, 1 present, not
75		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
76		-	No. 619 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 95, Nays 47, 2
77		-	present, not voting.
78		-	______________________________
79		-	Chief Clerk of the House
80		-	I certify that H.B. No. 619 was passed by the Senate, with
81		-	amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays
82		-	5.
83		-	______________________________
84		-	Secretary of the Senate
85		-	APPROVED: __________________
86		-	Date
87		-	__________________
88		-	Governor
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