Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5008 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R9001 DNC-D
2	2	By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 5008
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain
10	10	entities.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 303.001(a), Labor Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(a) The purpose of this chapter is to remove administrative
15	15	barriers that impede the response of public community and technical
16	16	colleges, community-based organizations, local workforce
17	17	development boards, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station,
18	18	and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service to industry and
19	19	workforce training needs and to develop incentives for public
20	20	community and technical colleges, community-based organizations,
21	21	local workforce development boards, the Texas A&M Engineering
22	22	Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
23	23	to provide customized assessment and training in a timely and
24	24	efficient manner.
25	25	SECTION 2. Section 303.002(b), Labor Code, is amended to
26	26	read as follows:
27	27	(b) A public community or technical college, the Texas A&M
28	28	Engineering Experiment Station, or the Texas A&M Engineering
29	29	Extension Service may recover customized assessment and training
30	30	costs incurred by the college, station, or service [institution]
31	31	if:
32	32	(1) there is an actual or projected labor shortage in
33	33	the occupation in which training is provided that is not being met
34	34	by an existing institution or program in the area; and
35	35	(2) the wages at the time of job placement for
36	36	individuals who successfully complete customized training at the
37	37	public community or technical college, the Texas A&M Engineering
38	38	Experiment Station, or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
39	39	are equal to the prevailing wage for that occupation in the local
40	40	labor market area.
41	41	SECTION 3. Sections 303.003(b), (f), (g), and (h), Labor
42	42	Code, are amended to read as follows:
43	43	(b) The skills development fund may be used by public
44	44	community and technical colleges, community-based organizations,
45	45	local workforce development boards, the Texas A&M Engineering
46	46	Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
47	47	as start-up or emergency funds for the following job-training
48	48	purposes:
49	49	(1) developing customized training programs for
50	50	businesses and trade unions; and
51	51	(2) sponsoring small and medium-sized business
52	52	networks and consortiums.
53	53	(f) The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and the
54	54	Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service shall focus the station's
55	55	or service's training activities under this chapter on programs
56	56	that:
57	57	(1) are statewide in nature; or
58	58	(2) are not available from a local junior college
59	59	district, a local technical college, or a consortium of junior
60	60	college districts.
61	61	(g) This section does not prohibit the Texas A&M Engineering
62	62	Experiment Station or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
63	63	from participating in a consortium of junior college districts or
64	64	with a technical college that provides training under this chapter.
65	65	(h) A community-based organization may apply for money to
66	66	participate in a training program only in partnership with a
67	67	community and technical college, the Texas A&M Engineering
68	68	Experiment Station, or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service.
69	69	A community-based organization providing services regulated by the
70	70	state shall provide evidence of any certification, license, or
71	71	registration required by law.
72	72	SECTION 4. Section 303.004, Labor Code, is amended to read
73	73	as follows:
74	74	Sec. 303.004. FUND REVIEW; REPORT BY CERTAIN WORKFORCE
75	75	TRAINING PROVIDERS REQUIRED. (a) The Texas Higher Education
76	76	Coordinating Board shall review all customized training programs
77	77	biennially to verify that state funds are being used appropriately
78	78	by public community and technical colleges, the Texas A&M
79	79	Engineering Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M Engineering
80	80	Extension Service under this chapter.
81	81	(b) Not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, the
82	82	Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the Texas A&M Engineering
83	83	Extension Service, and each public community or technical college
84	84	that provides workforce training under this chapter shall:
85	85	(1) conduct a review of the station's, service's, or
86	86	college's training programs to:
87	87	(A) determine the effectiveness of the programs
88	88	in improving the wages of participants who complete the programs;
89	89	and
90	90	(B) identify strategies for improving the
91	91	delivery of workforce training in order to more effectively impact
92	92	economic development in this state; and
93	93	(2) submit to the commission a detailed written report
94	94	summarizing the results of the review for inclusion by the
95	95	executive director in the report to the governor and the
96	96	legislature required by Section 303.006(c).
97	97	(c) If the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the
98	98	Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, or a public community or
99	99	technical college fails to submit a report required by Subsection
100	100	(b)(2):
101	101	(1) the station, service, or college must refund to
102	102	the comptroller any unexpended state funds received by the station,
103	103	service, or college under this chapter for the state fiscal
104	104	biennium in which the report was due; and
105	105	(2) the commission may not award any additional grant
106	106	to the station, service, or college under this chapter until the
107	107	station, service, or college has complied with that reporting
108	108	requirement.
109	109	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.