TITLE: Relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission to pay the cost of taking a high school equivalency examination for certain individuals.

SUMMARY: Relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission to pay the cost of taking a high school equivalency examination for certain individuals.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission to pay the cost of taking a high school equivalency examination for certain individuals. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 315.002, Labor Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: (b-1) For an individual who is 21 years of age or older, the commission shall pay the cost of taking one complete high school equivalency examination administered under Section 7.111, Education Code, and made available by a test vendor approved and contracted by the State Board of Education, including an examination that is administered in multiple parts. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.