Texas Education Code

§ 56.0855 — ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER

ED § 56.0855Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 56. STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE · Art. E-1. TEXAS WORKING OFF-CAMPUS: REINFORCING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS (WORKS) INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

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(a)The coordinating board may enter into agreements with employers that participate in the program.

(b)To be eligible to enter into an agreement with the coordinating board to participate in the program, an employer must:

(1)except as provided by Subsection (c), be a private nonprofit or for-profit entity or a governmental entity;

(2)demonstrate the administrative and financial capacity to carry out the employer's responsibilities under the program, including the ability to pay full wages and benefits to a student employed through the program;

(3)enter into a memorandum of understanding with the coordinating board;

(4)provide employment to a student employed through the program in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities that relate to the student's long-term career interests;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1305 (H.B. 3808), Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 2019.