S.B. No. 1750
 
 
 
 
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 at least 20
  percent but not more than 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.  Subchapter E, Chapter 56, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 56.082 to read as follows:
         Sec. 56.082.  BIENNIAL REPORT. (a)  Not later than January
  1 of each odd-numbered year, the Texas Higher Education
  Coordinating Board shall submit to 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)  the employment position's location on or off
  campus; and
               (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 4.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
  56.076 and 56.079, Education Code, apply to participation in the
  Texas college work-study program beginning with the 2016-2017
  academic year.
         SECTION 5.  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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1750 passed the Senate on
  April 16, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2;
  May 25, 2015, Senate refused to concur in House amendment and
  requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 27, 2015, House
  granted request of the Senate; May 30, 2015, Senate adopted
  Conference Committee Report by the following vote:  Yeas 29,
  Nays 2.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1750 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 123,
  Nays 15, two present not voting; May 27, 2015, House granted
  request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
  May 30, 2015, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
  following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 4, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
             Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor