Relating to providing certain students in this state with career opportunities in state agencies through the Texas pathways program.
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.
