Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R11459 KSD-F
2	2	By: Dutton H.B. No. 2800
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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; and
80	80	(2) ensure that any committee overseeing a
81	81	pre-apprenticeship:
82	82	(A) excludes from its membership any bargaining
83	83	agent representing apprenticeable occupations certified by the
84	84	Office of Apprenticeship;
85	85	(B) includes at least one member who is a
86	86	representative of a community-based organization that demonstrates
87	87	evidence of success in coordinating and managing job placement
88	88	services for at least one industry served by the committee; and
89	89	(C) maintains, as a majority of the committee's
90	90	membership, members who represent employers.
91	91	Sec. 133.0065. PUBLICATION OF WAGE OUTCOMES. The
92	92	commission shall publish on the commission's Internet website and
93	93	include in the unified repository for education and workforce data
94	94	developed under Section 2308A.005, Government Code, wage outcome
95	95	data for apprentices who complete an apprenticeship training
96	96	program.
97	97	SECTION 5. Section 133.007, Education Code, is amended to
98	98	read as follows:
99	99	Sec. 133.007. RULES. The commission shall adopt
100	100	[promulgate] rules necessary to implement the provisions of this
101	101	chapter, including rules establishing:
102	102	(1) which occupations are recognized by the commission
103	103	as an apprenticeable occupation, based on criteria which must
104	104	include that the occupation:
105	105	(A) be a high-wage, high-demand occupation;
106	106	(B) be customarily learned in a practical way
107	107	through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised
108	108	training;
109	109	(C) be clearly identified and commonly
110	110	recognized throughout an industry;
111	111	(D) involve manual, mechanical, or technical
112	112	skills or knowledge which requires significant on-the-job work
113	113	experience; and
114	114	(E) require related instruction to supplement
115	115	the on-the-job training;
116	116	(2) standards of apprenticeship for particular
117	117	trades; and
118	118	(3) a process for and the criteria by which the
119	119	commission may certify a training or apprenticeship program as an
120	120	industry-recognized apprenticeship program, which must include:
121	121	(A) a requirement that the training or program
122	122	lead to employment in a high-wage, high-demand occupation; and
123	123	(B) criteria generally consistent with the
124	124	standards of apprenticeship as determined by the commission.
125	125	SECTION 6. As soon as practicable after the effective date
126	126	of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules
127	127	required by Chapter 133, Education Code, as amended by this Act.
128	128	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.