Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 626
	1	+	By: Rosenthal, Tinderholt H.B. No. 626
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
	4	+	April 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
	5	+	Veteran Affairs & Border Security; April 23, 2021, reported
	6	+	adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
	7	+	vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 23, 2021, sent to printer.)
	8	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	9	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 626 By: Taylor
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	12	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	13		AN ACT
5	14		relating to the expansion of the Texas Innovative Adult Career
6	15		Education (ACE) Grant Program to include certain nonprofit
7	16		organizations providing job training to veterans.
8	17		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	18		SECTION 1. Section 136.001, Education Code, is amended by
10	19		adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows:
11	20		(5) "Veteran" means a person who has served in:
12	21		(A) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or
13	22		marine corps of the United States;
14	23		(B) the state military forces as defined by
15	24		Section 431.001, Government Code, other than the Texas State Guard;
16	25		or
17	26		(C) an auxiliary service of one of those branches
18	27		of the armed forces.
19	28		SECTION 2. Section 136.005, Education Code, is amended to
20	29		read as follows:
21	30		Sec. 136.005. TEXAS INNOVATIVE ADULT CAREER EDUCATION (ACE)
22	31		GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The grant administrator shall establish and
23	32		administer the Texas Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant
24	33		Program to provide grants to:
25	34		(1) eligible nonprofit workforce intermediary and job
26	35		training organizations; and
27	36		(2) eligible nonprofit organizations providing job
28	37		training to veterans.
29	38		(a-1) In awarding grants under the program, the grant
30	39		administrator shall take into consideration the recommendations of
31	40		the program advisory board.
32	41		(b) Grants may be awarded under this chapter from the Texas
33	42		Innovative Adult Career Education (ACE) Grant fund only to develop,
34	43		support, or expand programs of eligible nonprofit workforce
35	44		intermediary and job training organizations and of eligible
36	45		nonprofit organizations providing job training to veterans to
37	46		prepare low-income students or veterans, as applicable, to enter
38	47		careers in high-demand and significantly higher-earning
39	48		occupations.
40	49		SECTION 3. Section 136.006, Education Code, is amended by
41	50		adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as
42	51		follows:
43	52		(a-1) To be eligible for a grant under the program, a
44	53		nonprofit organization providing job training services to veterans
45	54		must:
46	55		(1) apply to the grant administrator in the manner
47	56		prescribed by the grant administrator;
48	57		(2) provide to veterans, in partnership with public
49	58		junior colleges, public state colleges, or public technical
50	59		institutes:
51	60		(A) job training; and
52	61		(B) a continuum of services designed to move a
53	62		program participant from application to employment, including
54	63		outreach, assessment, case management, support services, and
55	64		career placement;
56	65		(3) be governed by a board or other governing
57	66		structure that includes recognized leaders of broad-based
58	67		community organizations and executive-level or managerial-level
59	68		members of the local business community;
60	69		(4) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the program
61	70		advisory board that the organization's program has achieved or will
62	71		achieve the following measures of success among program
63	72		participants:
64	73		(A) the measures prescribed by Subsections
65	74		(a)(4)(A)-(C);
66	75		(B) rapid attainment of civilian workforce
67	76		credentials; and
68	77		(C) entry into careers with significantly higher
69	78		earnings for program participants than previously achieved; and
70	79		(5) provide matching funds in accordance with rules
71	80		adopted under this chapter.
72	81		(b) The matching funds required under Subsection (a)(5) or
73	82		(a-1)(5) may be obtained from any source available to the
74	83		organization, including in-kind contributions, community or
75	84		foundation grants, individual contributions, and local
76	85		governmental agency operating funds. The grant administrator may
77	86		adopt rules requiring an organization to demonstrate compliance
78	87		with the matching funds requirement before the payment of the next
79	88		installment under an awarded grant.
80	89		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
81		-	______________________________ ______________________________
82		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
83		-	I certify that H.B. No. 626 was passed by the House on April
84		-	9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
85		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
86		-	No. 626 on May 3, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1
87		-	present, not voting.
88		-	______________________________
89		-	Chief Clerk of the House
90		-	I certify that H.B. No. 626 was passed by the Senate, with
91		-	amendments, on April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31,
92		-	Nays 0.
93		-	______________________________
94		-	Secretary of the Senate
95		-	APPROVED: __________________
96		-	Date
97		-	__________________
98		-	Governor
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