Bill Text: TX HB4282 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency of career and technology education programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Public Education [HB4282 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4282-Introduced.html
| 86R3401 CAE-D | ||
| By: Lucio III | H.B. No. 4282 | |
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| relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency of career and | ||
| technology education programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 29.193 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.193. STUDY AND REPORT ON CREDENTIALS AND | ||
| CERTIFICATES. (a) The agency shall conduct a study to: | ||
| (1) evaluate the industry-recognized credentials and | ||
| certificates that are currently being offered to public high school | ||
| students through career and technology education programs; and | ||
| (2) identify any unmet needs in career and technology | ||
| education programs currently being offered to public high school | ||
| students. | ||
| (b) The study must: | ||
| (1) for each career cluster included in the study: | ||
| (A) evaluate: | ||
| (i) the industry-recognized credentials or | ||
| certificates in the career cluster currently being offered to | ||
| public high school students through career and technology education | ||
| programs; and | ||
| (ii) the knowledge and skills in the career | ||
| cluster necessary to meet state and regional workforce needs; and | ||
| (B) identify: | ||
| (i) any gaps between the | ||
| industry-recognized credentials or certificates identified under | ||
| Paragraph (A)(i) and the knowledge and skills identified under | ||
| Paragraph (A)(ii); and | ||
| (ii) any knowledge or skills that could be | ||
| incorporated into career and technology education programs in the | ||
| career cluster to increase students' marketability in that field | ||
| after graduation from high school; and | ||
| (2) for each currently offered industry-recognized | ||
| credential or certificate, assess the economic impact of earning | ||
| the credential or certificate, including: | ||
| (A) the average industry wage for a student who | ||
| has earned the credential or certificate; and | ||
| (B) the demand to employ a student in the area for | ||
| which the student has earned the credential or certificate. | ||
| (c) Not later than September 1, 2021, the agency shall | ||
| submit to the commissioner a report that: | ||
| (1) identifies any currently offered | ||
| industry-recognized credential or certificate that does not | ||
| provide a sufficient positive economic impact based on the | ||
| assessment conducted under Subsection (b)(2); and | ||
| (2) recommends the creation of industry-recognized | ||
| credentials or certificates to be offered in a career and | ||
| technology education program that will address unmet workforce | ||
| needs and enhance student competitiveness in the labor market. | ||
| (d) This section expires September 1, 2022. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
