Sec. 56.0855. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER. (a) The coordinating board may enter into agreements with employers that participate in the program.

(b) To be eligible to enter into an agreement with the coordinating board to participate in the program, an employer must:

(1) except as provided by Subsection (c), be a private nonprofit or for-profit entity or a governmental entity;

(2) demonstrate the administrative and financial capacity to carry out the employer's responsibilities under the program, including the ability to pay full wages and benefits to a student employed through the program;

(3) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the coordinating board;

(4) provide employment to a student employed through the program in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities that relate to the student's long-term career interests;

(5) use program positions only to supplement and not supplant positions normally filled by persons who are not eligible to participate in the program, as provided by coordinating board rule;

(6) provide the entirety of an employed student's wages and employee benefits;

(7) submit eligible wages to the coordinating board for reimbursement; and

(8) comply with other requirements adopted by the coordinating board under this subchapter.

(c) An employer is not eligible to participate in the program if the employer is:

(1) a public or private institution of higher education in Texas; or

(2) a career school or college, as defined by Section 132.001.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1305 (H.B. 3808), Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 2019.