Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R1928 AMF-D
2	2	By: Miles S.B. No. 2282
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to authorizing school districts to provide funding using
10	10	money received under the Foundation School Program to
11	11	community-based organizations for purposes of reimbursing private
12	12	employers for paid internships provided to certain students in
13	13	career and technology education programs in the district.
14	14	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	15	SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
16	16	amended by adding Section 29.189 to read as follows:
17	17	Sec. 29.189. CONTRACT TO REIMBURSE FOR PAID INTERNSHIP.
18	18	(a) In this section, "community-based organization" has the
19	19	meaning assigned by Section 303.001, Labor Code.
20	20	(b) To encourage private employers to participate with
21	21	school districts in providing career and technology education to
22	22	assist students in developing the knowledge, skills, and
23	23	competencies necessary for a broad range of career opportunities,
24	24	the board of trustees of a school district may contract with a
25	25	community-based organization to:
26	26	(1) match students in grade 11 or 12 who are
27	27	participating in a career and technology education program in the
28	28	district with paid internships or similar programs provided by
29	29	private employers; and
30	30	(2) reimburse private employers for all or part of the
31	31	cost of providing paid internships or similar programs to students
32	32	described by Subdivision (1) using funds provided to the
33	33	community-based organization by the district.
34	34	(c) A contract described by Subsection (b) must:
35	35	(1) require each paid internship or similar program
36	36	provided to the school district's students to primarily promote a
37	37	public purpose of the district relating to career and technology
38	38	education;
39	39	(2) include provisions under which the school district
40	40	is granted sufficient control to ensure that the public purpose
41	41	under Subdivision (1) is accomplished and the district receives a
42	42	benefit from the contract; and
43	43	(3) ensure that each student employed under a paid
44	44	internship or similar program is paid at least the minimum wage
45	45	required by law.
46	46	(d) In providing funds to a community-based organization
47	47	for the purposes of reimbursing a private employer under a contract
48	48	under Subsection (b), the school district may use funds allocated
49	49	to the district for career and technology education under Section
50	50	48.106.
51	51	(e) A community-based organization with which a school
52	52	district contracts under Subsection (b) may serve as the employer
53	53	of record for a student employed under a paid internship or similar
54	54	program provided under a contract described by Subsection (b).
55	55	(f) Completion of a paid internship or similar program
56	56	provided under a contract described by Subsection (b) may satisfy a
57	57	requirement to complete a practicum as part of a school district's
58	58	career and technology education program.
59	59	SECTION 2. Section 48.106(c), Education Code, is amended to
60	60	read as follows:
61	61	(c) At least 55 percent of the funds allocated under this
62	62	section must be used:
63	63	(1) in providing career and technology education
64	64	programs in grades 7 through 12; or
65	65	(2) in providing funding to a community-based
66	66	organization under a contract entered into under Section 29.189 for
67	67	purposes of reimbursing private employers for providing paid
68	68	internships or similar programs to students in career and
69	69	technology education programs.
70	70	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.