| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to providing certain students in this state with career |
|
|
opportunities in state agencies through the Texas pathways program. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Texas State Employee |
|
|
Pathways Act. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by |
|
|
adding Chapter 320 to read as follows: |
|
|
CHAPTER 320. TEXAS STATE EMPLOYEE PATHWAYS PROGRAM |
|
|
Sec. 320.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
|
|
(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
|
|
assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
|
|
(2) "Program" means the Texas state employee pathways |
|
|
program established under this chapter. |
|
|
(3) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section |
|
|
651.007, Government Code. |
|
|
Sec. 320.002. PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish |
|
|
and administer the Texas state employee pathways program to |
|
|
encourage skilled students in this state, including students |
|
|
enrolled in technical, graduate, and postgraduate programs, to seek |
|
|
career opportunities with state agencies. |
|
|
(b) In carrying out the program, the commission shall: |
|
|
(1) establish partnerships between the commission and |
|
|
institutions of higher education; |
|
|
(2) educate students enrolled in institutions of |
|
|
higher education on careers in state agencies, including benefits |
|
|
offered to state employees; |
|
|
(3) coordinate with other state agencies to determine |
|
|
the workforce needs of each state agency; and |
|
|
(4) seek out and refer students and recent graduates |
|
|
of institutions of higher education to career opportunities |
|
|
identified by the commission under Subdivision (3), including |
|
|
internships that may lead to full-time job placement. |
|
|
(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to |
|
|
implement this section. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |