S.B. No. 947
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education
  Coordinating Board on the feasibility of providing off-campus
  employment positions through the Texas college work-study program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 56, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 56.081 to read as follows:
         Sec. 56.081.  STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING OFF-CAMPUS
  WORK-STUDY EMPLOYMENT. (a)  In this section, "public junior
  college" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
         (b)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
  conduct a study to examine the feasibility of providing employment
  positions located off-campus through the Texas college work-study
  program.
         (c)  The study must identify:
               (1)  best practices for developing partnerships with
  employers to provide off-campus employment positions through the
  work-study program, including best practices learned from other
  apprenticeship, internship, or mentorship programs in this state or
  from similar programs in other states;
               (2)  any careers or industries that are well-suited for
  providing off-campus employment positions through the work-study
  program;
               (3)  current barriers that public junior colleges face
  in developing partnerships with employers to provide off-campus
  employment positions through the work-study program, including any
  staffing needs or limitations on the outreach capabilities of those
  colleges; and
               (4)  any public junior colleges that demonstrate strong
  potential for successful participation in a pilot program to
  develop partnerships with employers to provide off-campus
  employment positions through the work-study program.
         (d)  Not later than December 1, 2016, the coordinating board
  shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker
  of the house of representatives, and the standing legislative
  committees with primary jurisdiction over higher education a report
  on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative
  or other action.
         (e)  This section expires September 1, 2017.
         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, 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 947 passed the Senate on
  March 25, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 947 passed the House on
  May 8, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 6, two present
  not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor