By: West, Hinojosa S.B. No. 1750
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirements for employment positions provided
  through the Texas college work-study program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 56.076, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 56.076.  ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER. (a)  An eligible
  institution may enter into agreements with employers that
  participate in the work-study program.  To be eligible to
  participate in the work-study program, an employer must:
               (1)  provide part-time employment to an eligible
  student in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities;
               (2)  provide, insofar as is practicable, employment to
  an eligible student that is related to the student's academic
  interests;
               (3)  use Texas college work-study program positions
  only to supplement and not to supplant positions normally filled by
  persons not eligible to participate in the work-study program;
               (4)  provide from sources other than federal college
  work-study program funds a percentage of an employed student's
  wages that is equal to the percentage of a student's wages that the
  employer would be required to provide to the student in that
  academic year under the federal college work-study program; and
               (5)  provide from sources other than federal college
  work-study funds 100 percent of other employee benefits for the
  employed student.
         (b)  Each eligible institution shall ensure that up to 50
  percent of the employment positions provided through the work-study
  program in an academic year are provided by employers eligible
  under this section who are providing employment located off campus.
         SECTION 2.  Section 56.079(l), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (l)  Notwithstanding Section 56.076(a) [56.076], a
  participating entity that employs a student mentor under the
  work-study student mentorship program shall provide from sources
  other than federal college work-study funds:
               (1)  not less than 10 percent of the employed student's
  wages; and
               (2)  100 percent of other employee benefits for the
  employed student.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to
  participation in the Texas college work-study program beginning
  with the 2016-2017 academic year.
         SECTION 4.  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.