BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2010

By: Bonnen, Greg

Public Education

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties see a benefit in the use of workplace safety training information in public school curriculum. H.B. 2010 seeks to provide for such use.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 2010 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Education Agency to collect and make available to a public school district on request information regarding workplace safety training that may be included as part of the district's curriculum. The bill authorizes a district to develop a workplace safety program that provides educators access to such information and encourages educators to include the workplace safety training information in the curriculum of appropriate courses provided to students enrolled in grades 7 through 12. The bill applies beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.