bill steering college students toward state agency jobs

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89R4661 RDS-D

By: Lalani
H.B. No. 4019

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.