Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R8152 RDR-D
2	2	By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 1114
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to eligibility for the Lone Star Workforce of the Future
10	10	Fund grant program.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 134A.001, Education Code, is amended by
13	13	adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:
14	14	(3) "Qualifying general academic teaching
15	15	institution" means a general academic teaching institution as
16	16	defined by Section 61.003 that:
17	17	(A) has a student enrollment of less than 10,000;
18	18	(B) is located in a county with a population of
19	19	less than 35,000; and
20	20	(C) is designated by the United States Department
21	21	of Education as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI).
22	22	SECTION 2. Section 134A.006, Education Code, is amended to
23	23	read as follows:
24	24	Sec. 134A.006. LONE STAR WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE FUND GRANT
25	25	PROGRAM. The commission shall establish and administer the Lone
26	26	Star Workforce of the Future Fund grant program to provide grants to
27	27	public junior colleges, public technical institutes, qualifying
28	28	general academic teaching institutions, and nonprofit
29	29	organizations that apply to the commission in the manner prescribed
30	30	by the commission and satisfy the eligibility criteria prescribed
31	31	by Section 134A.007. The commission shall award the grants on the
32	32	advice and recommendations of the advisory board.
33	33	SECTION 3. Section 134A.007, Education Code, is amended to
34	34	read as follows:
35	35	Sec. 134A.007. GRANT ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to
36	36	receive a grant under this chapter, a public junior college, public
37	37	technical institute, qualifying general academic teaching
38	38	institution, or nonprofit organization must:
39	39	(1) administer one or more performance-based
40	40	workforce training programs that:
41	41	(A) lead to skill development and experiences
42	42	required for employment in high demand occupations in at least one
43	43	career field identified and listed as a high-growth career field
44	44	by:
45	45	(i) the commission;
46	46	(ii) the Texas Workforce Investment
47	47	Council; or
48	48	(iii) the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative
49	49	established under Chapter 2308A, Government Code;
50	50	(B) are developed and provided based on
51	51	consultation with and input from employers who are hiring in high
52	52	demand occupations;
53	53	(C) create pathways to employment for program
54	54	participants; and
55	55	(D) are delivered through classroom-based or
56	56	online instruction, work-based experiences internships, or
57	57	apprenticeships, or through a combination of those methods;
58	58	(2) demonstrate through third-party validated data
59	59	successful outcomes in:
60	60	(A) recruiting local unemployed and
61	61	underemployed individuals to participate in the training program or
62	62	programs;
63	63	(B) training individuals with the skills needed
64	64	to secure full-time employment paying at least a self-sufficient
65	65	wage as determined under Section 2308A.012, Government Code, in the
66	66	relevant job field; and
67	67	(C) placing individuals in employment in high
68	68	demand occupations;
69	69	(3) demonstrate the ability to attract at least 40
70	70	percent of the necessary funding for training program operation
71	71	from revenue streams other than state government funding; and
72	72	(4) agree to:
73	73	(A) collaborate with the commission, corporate
74	74	partners, and nonprofit educational partners to determine the
75	75	training programs to be provided using grant money;
76	76	(B) secure support from local businesses to
77	77	ensure alignment between training program offerings and in-demand
78	78	skills;
79	79	(C) collaborate with regional employers, public
80	80	junior colleges, public technical institutes, qualifying general
81	81	academic teaching institutions, or nonprofit organizations to make
82	82	available developmental work-based experiences to further enhance
83	83	training program participants' career readiness;
84	84	(D) engage local entities and organizations,
85	85	including local workforce development boards and community-based
86	86	organizations, to assist with identifying and recruiting eligible
87	87	training program participants;
88	88	(E) provide documentation to the commission
89	89	describing training program offerings, including information
90	90	necessary to verify that the offerings will:
91	91	(i) provide training that is not exclusive
92	92	to a single corporate partner; and
93	93	(ii) lead to knowledge, skills, and
94	94	work-based experiences that are transferable to similar employment
95	95	opportunities in high demand occupations offered by other
96	96	employers; and
97	97	(F) comply with any additional grant conditions
98	98	prescribed by commission rule, including performance benchmarks
99	99	established under Section 134A.008 and reporting requirements
100	100	established under Section 134A.009.
101	101	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
102	102	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
103	103	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
104	104	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
105	105	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.