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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 83(R)

House Bill 1297

House Author:  Alvarado et al.

Effective:  6-14-13

Senate Sponsor:  Estes et al.


            House Bill 1297 amends the Labor Code to require the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service and each public community or technical college providing workforce training under the skills development fund to conduct a review of those training programs each even‑numbered year to determine their effectiveness in improving the wages of participants who complete the programs and to identify strategies for improving the delivery of workforce training. The bill requires the service and those colleges to submit a report to the Texas Workforce Commission summarizing the results of the review.