By: Dominguez, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 33          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 6, 2021;   April 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on   Veteran Affairs & Border Security; April 21, 2021, reported   favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 21, 2021,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to measures to facilitate the award of postsecondary   course credit leading to workforce credentialing based on military   experience, education, and training.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.3041(b), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  An institution of higher education shall consider, in   determining whether to award to a student course credit toward a   degree or certificate offered by the institution for the student's   completion of certain military training:                (1)  any official military record presented to the   institution by the student that:                      (A)  describes the substance of the training   completed by the student; and                      (B)  verifies the student's successful completion   of that training; and                (2)  whether the substance of that training satisfies   the purpose of the course for which the student seeks credit as   described in the institution's course catalog.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 132, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 132.026 to read as follows:          Sec. 132.026.  MEASURES TO FACILITATE AWARD OF COURSE CREDIT   FOR MILITARY SERVICE. (a)  The commission shall evaluate programs   of study or courses offered by career schools or colleges leading to   industry-based certifications or other workforce credentials to   identify programs or courses for which skills obtained through   military experience, education, and training frequently align.          (b)  The commission shall publish on its Internet website a   list of any programs of study or courses identified by the   commission under this section and the relevant military experience,   education, or training that may align with those programs or   courses.          SECTION 3.  Section 132.055, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  In determining whether to approve a career school or   college that offers a program of study or course listed on the   commission's Internet website under Section 132.026(b), in   addition to the criteria prescribed by Subsection (b) of this   section, the commission shall require that the career school or   college provide credit to a student toward any course time required   for the program of study or course for skills obtained by the   student through military experience, education, or training,   unless the school or college can demonstrate that those skills are   not appropriately aligned with the program of study or course.          SECTION 4.  Section 302.0031, Labor Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (i) to read as   follows:          (a)  In this section:                (1)  "Career school or college" has the meaning   assigned by Section 132.001, Education Code.                (2)  "Institution[, "institution] of higher education"   has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.          (i)  Under the program, the commission shall identify,   develop, and support methods to facilitate the award of course time   credit by career schools or colleges or other private or nonprofit   entities providing programs of study or courses of instruction   leading to industry certifications or other workforce credentials   to veterans and military servicemembers for military experience,   education, or training obtained during military service for   programs of study or courses of instruction offered by those   schools, colleges, or other entities for which skills obtained   through military experience, education, and training align.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.     * * * * *