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1	1	88R19757 SCP-F
2	2	By: Dutton, Bumgarner, Hayes H.B. No. 4411
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4411:
4	4	By: Button C.S.H.B. No. 4411
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the apprenticeship system of adult career and
10	10	technology education.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 61.8235(a), Education Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	(a) The board, with the assistance of institutions of higher
15	15	education, career and technical education experts, and college and
16	16	career readiness experts, shall establish alignment between the
17	17	college and career readiness standards and the knowledge, skills,
18	18	and abilities students are expected to demonstrate in career and
19	19	technical education by establishing programs of study that:
20	20	(1) incorporate rigorous college and career readiness
21	21	standards, including career and technical education standards that
22	22	address both academic and technical content;
23	23	(2) support attainment of employability and career
24	24	readiness skills;
25	25	(3) progress in content specificity by beginning with
26	26	all aspects of an industry or career cluster and leading to more
27	27	occupationally specific instruction or by preparing students for
28	28	ongoing postsecondary career preparation;
29	29	(4) incorporate multiple entry and exit points with
30	30	portable demonstrations of technical or career competency, which
31	31	may include credit transfer agreements or industry-recognized
32	32	certifications; and
33	33	(5) culminate in the attainment of:
34	34	(A) an industry-recognized certification,
35	35	credential, or license;
36	36	(B) a registered apprenticeship;
37	37	(C) an apprenticeship certified by the Texas
38	38	Workforce Commission as an industry-recognized apprenticeship
39	39	program as provided by commission rule;
40	40	(D) a [or] credit-bearing postsecondary
41	41	certificate; or
42	42	(E) [(C)] an associate or baccalaureate degree.
43	43	SECTION 2. Section 133.001(1), Education Code, is amended
44	44	to read as follows:
45	45	(1) "Apprenticeship training program" means a
46	46	training program that provides on-the-job training, preparatory
47	47	instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in
48	48	a trade that has been:
49	49	(A) certified as an apprenticeable occupation by
50	50	the Office of Apprenticeship; or
51	51	(B) recognized as an apprenticeable occupation
52	52	by the commission as provided by commission rule.
53	53	SECTION 3. Sections 133.002(d) and (h), Education Code, are
54	54	amended to read as follows:
55	55	(d) Each apprentice participating in a program must be given
56	56	a written apprenticeship agreement by the apprenticeship committee
57	57	stating the standards and conditions of the apprentice's employment
58	58	and training. The standards must conform substantially with the
59	59	standards of apprenticeship for the particular trade which have
60	60	been adopted by the Office of Apprenticeship or by the commission by
61	61	rule.
62	62	(h) A program must be:
63	63	(1) registered with the Office of Apprenticeship and
64	64	approved by the commission; or
65	65	(2) certified by the commission as an
66	66	industry-recognized apprenticeship program as provided by
67	67	commission rule.
68	68	SECTION 4. Chapter 133, Education Code, is amended by
69	69	adding Sections 133.0025 and 133.0065 to read as follows:
70	70	Sec. 133.0025. PRE-APPRENTICESHIPS FOR CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL
71	71	STUDENTS. The commission by rule shall establish procedures and
72	72	standards by which the commission may allocate funds available for
73	73	the support of apprenticeship training programs under this chapter
74	74	to support pre-apprenticeships designed for high school students
75	75	enrolled in career and technical education programs of study
76	76	leading to employment in high-wage, high-demand occupations. The
77	77	standards must:
78	78	(1) be developed in coordination with the Texas
79	79	Education Agency or Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;
80	80	(2) align with the strategic framework described by
81	81	Section 318.001, Labor Code; and
82	82	(3) ensure that any committee overseeing a
83	83	pre-apprenticeship:
84	84	(A) excludes from its membership any bargaining
85	85	agent representing apprenticeable occupations certified by the
86	86	Office of Apprenticeship;
87	87	(B) includes at least one member who is a
88	88	representative of a community-based organization that demonstrates
89	89	evidence of success in coordinating and managing job placement
90	90	services for at least one industry served by the committee; and
91	91	(C) maintains, as a majority of the committee's
92	92	membership, members who represent employers.
93	93	Sec. 133.0065. PUBLICATION OF WAGE OUTCOMES. The
94	94	commission shall publish on the commission's Internet website and
95	95	include in the unified repository for education and workforce data
96	96	developed under Section 2308A.005, Government Code, wage outcome
97	97	data for apprentices who complete an apprenticeship training
98	98	program.
99	99	SECTION 5. Section 133.007, Education Code, is amended to
100	100	read as follows:
101	101	Sec. 133.007. RULES. The commission shall adopt
102	102	[promulgate] rules necessary to implement the provisions of this
103	103	chapter, including rules establishing:
104	104	(1) which occupations are recognized by the commission
105	105	as an apprenticeable occupation, based on criteria which must
106	106	include that the occupation:
107	107	(A) be a high-wage, high-demand occupation;
108	108	(B) be customarily learned in a practical way
109	109	through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised
110	110	training;
111	111	(C) be clearly identified and commonly
112	112	recognized throughout an industry;
113	113	(D) involve manual, mechanical, or technical
114	114	skills or knowledge which requires significant on-the-job work
115	115	experience; and
116	116	(E) require related instruction to supplement
117	117	the on-the-job training;
118	118	(2) standards of apprenticeship for particular
119	119	trades; and
120	120	(3) a process for and the criteria by which the
121	121	commission may certify a training or apprenticeship program as an
122	122	industry-recognized apprenticeship program, which must include:
123	123	(A) a requirement that the training or program
124	124	lead to employment in a high-wage, high-demand occupation; and
125	125	(B) criteria generally consistent with the
126	126	standards of apprenticeship as determined by the commission.
127	127	SECTION 6. As soon as practicable after the effective date
128	128	of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules
129	129	required by Chapter 133, Education Code, as amended by this Act.
130	130	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.