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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for employment positions provided |
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through the Texas college work-study program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 56.076, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 56.076. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER. (a) An eligible |
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institution may enter into agreements with employers that |
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participate in the work-study program. To be eligible to |
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participate in the work-study program, an employer must: |
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(1) provide part-time employment to an eligible |
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student in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities; |
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(2) provide, insofar as is practicable, employment to |
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an eligible student that is related to the student's academic |
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interests; |
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(3) use Texas college work-study program positions |
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only to supplement and not to supplant positions normally filled by |
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persons not eligible to participate in the work-study program; |
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(4) provide from sources other than federal college |
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work-study program funds a percentage of an employed student's |
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wages that is equal to the percentage of a student's wages that the |
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employer would be required to provide to the student in that |
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academic year under the federal college work-study program; and |
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(5) provide from sources other than federal college |
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work-study funds 100 percent of other employee benefits for the |
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employed student. |
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(b) Each eligible institution shall ensure that 50 percent |
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of the employment positions provided through the work-study program |
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in an academic year are provided by employers eligible under this |
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section who are providing employment located off campus. |
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SECTION 2. Section 56.079(l), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(l) Notwithstanding Section 56.076(a) [56.076], a |
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participating entity that employs a student mentor under the |
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work-study student mentorship program shall provide from sources |
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other than federal college work-study funds: |
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(1) not less than 10 percent of the employed student's |
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wages; and |
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(2) 100 percent of other employee benefits for the |
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employed student. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to |
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participation in the Texas college work-study program beginning |
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with the 2016-2017 academic year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2015. |