Texas Labor Code
§ 311.003 — CERTIFIED PROGRAM AGREEMENTS
LA § 311.003Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT · Part B. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT SERVICES · Ch. 311. VOLUNTARY WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS
Statute text
View on source(a)A certified program must be conducted under a signed written agreement between each participant and the employer. The agreement may include the following:
(1)the name and signature of the participant, the sponsor, and the employer, and a parent or guardian of the participant if the participant is under 18 years of age;
(2)a description of the career field in which the participant is to be trained, the academic and technical skills to be attained, and the beginning date and duration of the broad-based training; and
(3)the employer's agreement to provide paid employment, at a base wage not less than the minimum wage, for the participant during the participant's junior and senior years in high school and after the participant's first year of postsecondary education.
(b)A participant's time spent in a program under Subsection (a) may not exceed 15 hours a week, without regard to whether the participant is paid for the time.
(c)A participant may, but is not required to, enter into a postsecondary education agreement with the participant's employer. An agreement under this subsection must include:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.