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AN ACT
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relating to providing workplace safety training information for use |
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in the public school curriculum. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.923 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.923. WORKPLACE SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION. (a) |
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The agency shall collect and make available to a school district on |
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request information regarding workplace safety training that may be |
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included as part of the district's curriculum. |
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(b) A school district may develop a workplace safety program |
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that provides educators access to the information described by |
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Subsection (a) and encourages educators to include the workplace |
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safety training information in the curriculum of appropriate |
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courses provided to students enrolled in grades 7 through 12. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2010 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 3, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2010 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |