85R9814 SRS-D
 
  By: White H.B. No. 2790
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to funding for certain apprenticeship training programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 133.002(b), (f), and (g), Education
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A program may be conducted by an independent
  apprenticeship committee or may [must] be sponsored by a public
  school district or a state postsecondary institution pursuant to a
  contract between the district or institution and an apprenticeship
  committee.
         (f)  Funding for a program sponsored by a public school
  district or state postsecondary institution, in addition to any
  other money available, shall be provided by the apprenticeship
  committee pursuant to the terms of the contract referred to in
  Subsection (b).
         (g)  An apprenticeship training program must provide
  [Pursuant to the terms of the contract referred to in Subsection
  (b),] adequate facilities, personnel, and resources to effectively
  administer the [apprenticeship training] program in a manner
  consistent with the public's need for skilled craftsmen and the
  apprentices' need for marketable skills in apprenticible
  occupations [must be provided].
         SECTION 2.  Sections 133.005(a) and (b), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission shall maintain a clear audit trail of all
  funds appropriated for the apprenticeship system of adult career
  and technology education. For each course that is funded, the audit
  trail shall include the following records:
               (1)  the name of the sponsoring public school district
  or state postsecondary institution or of the apprenticeship
  committee offering the course if the apprenticeship training
  program is not sponsored by a public school district or state
  postsecondary institution;
               (2)  the name of the instructor;
               (3)  the number of students enrolled;
               (4)  the place and schedule of class meetings; and
               (5)  certification by the bureau for preparatory and
  related instruction courses that the students enrolled were
  registered apprentices.
         (b)  A public school district, [Public school districts or]
  state postsecondary institution, or apprenticeship committee
  operating an apprenticeship training program not sponsored by a
  public school district or state postsecondary institution that
  receives [institutions receiving] funds shall maintain a clear
  audit trail which shall include records of receipts for all
  expenditures relating solely to each particular course. Where an
  expense is shared by two or more courses, the allocation to that
  expense from the funds for a particular course shall be supported by
  a formula based on the comparative benefit derived by each course
  from the expense. No charges for the depreciation of facilities or
  the retirement of indebtedness shall be allocated to an
  apprenticeship course.
         SECTION 3.  Section 133.006(e), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (e)  No funds shall be distributed to a public school
  district, [or] state postsecondary institution, or apprenticeship
  committee until the district, [or] institution, or committee has
  filed all reports required by this chapter and by the commission.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.