Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R13424 DNC-F
2	2	By: Hancock S.B. No. 1593
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs
10	10	Grant Program.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 302.252(1), Labor Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(1) "Industry-recognized apprenticeship program"
15	15	means a training program that:
16	16	(A) provides on-the-job training, preparatory
17	17	instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in
18	18	an occupation that has been recognized as an apprenticeable
19	19	occupation by the commission as provided by commission rule [Office
20	20	of Apprenticeship of the United States Department of Labor]; or
21	21	(B) is certified by the commission as an
22	22	industry-recognized apprenticeship program as provided by
23	23	commission rule [by a third-party certifier that has received from
24	24	the United States Department of Labor a favorable determination of
25	25	qualification to award that certification].
26	26	SECTION 2. Section 302.256, Labor Code, is amended by
27	27	adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
28	28	(e) The commission by rule may distribute payments
29	29	constituting a partial reimbursement to an eligible person as
30	30	milestones for on-the-job training and employment are met by
31	31	program participants, in accordance with the grant terms.
32	32	SECTION 3. Section 302.257, Labor Code, is amended by
33	33	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
34	34	follows:
35	35	(a) The commission shall adopt rules to administer and
36	36	enforce this subchapter, including rules establishing:
37	37	(1) which occupations are recognized by the commission
38	38	as an apprenticeable occupation for purposes of this subchapter and
39	39	the criteria for that determination, which must include that the
40	40	occupation:
41	41	(A) be customarily learned in a practical way
42	42	through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised
43	43	training;
44	44	(B) be clearly identified and commonly
45	45	recognized throughout an industry;
46	46	(C) involve manual, mechanical, or technical
47	47	skills or knowledge which requires significant on-the-job work
48	48	experience; and
49	49	(D) require related instruction to supplement
50	50	the on-the-job training; and
51	51	(2) a process for and the criteria by which the
52	52	commission may certify a training program as an industry-recognized
53	53	apprenticeship program for purposes of this subchapter.
54	54	(a-1) The criteria adopted by the commission under
55	55	Subsection (a)(2) must be generally consistent with the standards
56	56	of apprenticeship prescribed by 29 C.F.R. Section 29.
57	57	SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
58	58	of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules
59	59	required by Section 302.257, Labor Code, as amended by this Act.
60	60	SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only
61	61	to a grant awarded under Subchapter I, Chapter 302, Labor Code, on
62	62	or after the effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before
63	63	that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the grant was
64	64	awarded, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
65	65	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.