85R10485 KJE-F

By: Howard H.B. No. 2421

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an annual report on employment positions provided through the Texas college work-study program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 56.082, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 56.082. ANNUAL [BIENNIAL] REPORT. [(a)] Not later than January 1 of each [odd-numbered] year, the Texas Higher Education 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 and post on the coordinating board's Internet website a report on the Texas college work-study program. The report must include the total number of students employed through the program, disaggregated by:

(1) race, ethnicity, and gender;

(2) major and certificate or degree program;

(3) classification as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior or the equivalent;

(4) enrollment in a full course load or less than a full course load, as determined by the coordinating board;

(5) the employment position's location on or off campus; and

(6) [(2)] the employer's status as a for-profit or nonprofit entity.

[(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report under that subsection not later than May 1, 2019. This subsection expires September 1, 2019.]

SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2018, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report required under Section 56.082, Education Code, as amended by this Act.

SECTION 3. 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, 2017.