Bill Text: TX HB1974 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to consolidation of annual reporting requirements of the Texas Workforce Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-01 - Left pending in committee [HB1974 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1974-Introduced.html

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86R11257 SMT-F
By: Vo H.B. No. 1974

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to consolidation of annual reporting requirements of the
Texas Workforce Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 122.022(a), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The [On or before November 1 of each year, the]
workforce commission shall include in the commission's annual
report to the governor and the legislature under Section 301.065,
Labor Code, a [prepare an annual] financial report in the form
prescribed by Section 2101.011, Government Code, relating to the
workforce commission's activities under this chapter [and file the
report with the governor and the presiding officer of each house of
the legislature].
SECTION 2. Section 302.0031(g), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(g) The [Not later than November 1 of each year, the]
commission, after consultation with the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board, shall include in the commission's annual report
to the legislature and the governor under Section 301.065 [on]:
(1) the results of any grants awarded under this
section;
(2) the best practices for veterans and military
servicemembers to achieve maximum academic or workforce education
credit at institutions of higher education for military experience,
education, and training obtained during military service;
(3) measures needed to facilitate the award of
academic or workforce education credit by institutions of higher
education for military experience, education, and training
obtained during military service;
(4) other related measures needed to facilitate the
entry of trained, qualified veterans and military servicemembers
into the workforce;
(5) the number of academic or workforce education
semester credit hours awarded under the program and applied toward
a degree or certification program at an institution of higher
education during the most recent academic year, disaggregated by
the subject area for which the credit hours are awarded; and
(6) the number of transfer credit hours awarded under
the program and applied toward a degree or certification program at
an institution of higher education during the most recent academic
year.
SECTION 3. Section 302.007(a), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The commission shall include in the commission's
[submit an] annual report to the governor and the legislature under
Section 301.065 a report on the effectiveness of federal programs
designed to provide trade adjustment assistance to persons in this
state.
SECTION 4. Section 303.006(c), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The commission shall include in the commission's annual
[executive director shall] report to the governor and the
legislature under Section 301.065 a report on [at the end of each
fiscal year] the status of the program established under this
chapter.
SECTION 5. Section 305.029, Labor Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 305.029. ANNUAL REPORT. The commission shall include
in the commission's annual report to the governor and [prepare and
deliver to] the legislature under Section 301.065 a [an annual]
report regarding the grant program established under this chapter.
The report shall include for the period covered by the report:
(1) the number of students who received grants under
this chapter; and
(2) the number of those students who attended each
eligible institution, including information on the race or
ethnicity of those students attending each institution.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.