By: Button, Burrows, Schaefer, Canales, H.B. No. 4390       Dutton, et al.     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the Texas Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs   Grant Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 302.252(1), Labor Code, is amended to   read as follows:                (1)  "Industry-recognized apprenticeship program"   means a training program that [:                      [(A)  provides on-the-job training, preparatory   instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in   an occupation that has been recognized as an apprenticeable   occupation by the Office of Apprenticeship of the United States   Department of Labor; or                      [(B)]  is certified by the commission as an   industry-recognized apprenticeship program [by a third-party   certifier that has received from the United States Department of   Labor a favorable determination of qualification to award that   certification].          SECTION 2.  Subchapter I, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is   amended by adding Section 302.2555 to read as follows:          Sec. 302.2555.  EXCLUDED PROGRAMS. The commission may not   certify or award a grant under this subchapter to a training program   in the construction industry, as that industry is described by the   North American Industry Classification System sector number 23.           SECTION 3.  Section 302.257, Labor Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as   follows:          (a)  The commission shall adopt rules to administer and   enforce this subchapter, including rules establishing the criteria   and process for the commission to certify a training program as an   industry-recognized apprenticeship program for purposes of this   subchapter.          (a-1)  The certification criteria established under   Subsection (a) must include that the training program:                (1)  lead to the attainment of skills that:                      (A)  are customarily learned in a practical way   through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised   training; and                      (B)  are clearly identified and commonly   recognized throughout an industry;                (2)  involve manual, mechanical, or technical skills or   knowledge requiring significant on-the-job work experience; and                (3)  require related instruction to supplement the   on-the-job training.          SECTION 4.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules   required by Section 302.257, Labor Code, as amended by this Act.          SECTION 5.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a grant awarded under Subchapter I, Chapter 302, Labor Code, on   or after the effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before   that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the grant was   awarded, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.