Bill Text: TX SB1198 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the industry-based certification advisory council and the transfer of certain duties to that advisory council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1198 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1198-Introduced.html
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By: Powell | S.B. No. 1198 |
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relating to the establishment of the industry-based certification | ||
advisory council and the transfer of certain duties to that | ||
advisory council. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
adding Chapter 312 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 312. INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION ADVISORY COUNCIL | ||
Sec. 312.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "advisory | ||
council" means the industry-based certification advisory council | ||
established under this chapter. | ||
Sec. 312.002. ADVISORY COUNCIL. (a) The industry-based | ||
certification advisory council is established to advise the | ||
commission regarding the alignment of public high school career and | ||
technology education programs with current and future workforce | ||
needs in communities, regions, and the state. | ||
(b) The advisory council is composed of the following nine | ||
members: | ||
(1) three members representing industry in this state, | ||
one each appointed by the governor, the lieutenant governor, and | ||
the speaker of the house of representatives; | ||
(2) three members representing public school teachers | ||
who teach career and technology education courses or public school | ||
administrators, one each appointed by the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives; and | ||
(3) three members representing a public junior college | ||
as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, one each appointed by | ||
the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house | ||
of representatives. | ||
(c) The members of the advisory council serve staggered | ||
four-year terms, with the terms of either four or five members | ||
expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year. | ||
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the initial members | ||
appointed shall determine by lot which four of the nine initial | ||
members will serve terms that expire February 1, 2023, and which | ||
five of the nine initial members will serve terms that expire | ||
February 1, 2025. This subsection expires January 1, 2026. | ||
(d) A vacancy on the advisory council shall be filled in the | ||
same manner as the original appointment for that position. | ||
(e) A member of the advisory council is not entitled to | ||
compensation for service as a member of the advisory council but is | ||
entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary travel expenses | ||
incurred in performing functions as a member of the advisory | ||
council, as provided in the General Appropriations Act. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 29.189, Education Code, is transferred | ||
to Chapter 312, Labor Code, as added by this Act, redesignated as | ||
Section 312.003, Labor Code, and amended to read as follows: | ||
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CERTIFICATES. (a) The advisory council [ |
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and certificates that may be earned by a public high school student | ||
through a career and technology education program and that: | ||
(1) are aligned to state and regional workforce needs; | ||
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(2) serve as an entry point to middle- and high-wage | ||
jobs. | ||
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certificate: | ||
(1) the associated career cluster; | ||
(2) the awarding entity; | ||
(3) the level of education required and any additional | ||
requirements for the credential or certificate; | ||
(4) any fees for obtaining the credential or | ||
certificate; and | ||
(5) the average wage or salary for jobs that require or | ||
prefer the credential or certificate. | ||
(c) In developing the inventory, the advisory council may | ||
consult with local workforce boards, the Texas Workforce Investment | ||
Council, the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office, and the | ||
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | ||
(d) The advisory council shall establish a process for | ||
developing the inventory, including the criteria for the inclusion | ||
of a credential or certificate in the inventory. | ||
(e) The advisory council shall annually review and revise | ||
the inventory. | ||
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the inventory; and | ||
(2) provide a copy of the inventory to the Texas | ||
Education Agency and to each school district and public institution | ||
of higher education that offers a career and technology education | ||
program to public high school students. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act but not later than September 1, 2021, the industry-based | ||
certification advisory council established under Chapter 312, | ||
Labor Code, as added by this Act, shall develop the initial | ||
inventory required under that chapter. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2021. |