TITLE: Relating to the administration of a practical examination by a junior college or career school or college.

SUMMARY: Relating to the administration of a practical examination by a junior college or career school or college.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the administration of a practical examination by a junior college or career school or college. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 132.007 to read as follows: Sec. 132.007. COSMETOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM; PRACTICAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) A public junior college or career school or college may administer any practical examination required by law for the practice of cosmetology. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in the law, any person sitting for a professional exam for the practice of cosmetology must have completed a minimum of 1,000 hours of instruction, including a minimum of 150 hours of instruction in sanitation and safety, in a beauty culture course or in a vocational cosmetology program in a public school, including a junior college or career school or college. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.