Tex. Education Code § 56.076
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 56.076, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 56.076. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.
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(a) An eligible institution may enter into agreements with employers that participate in the work-study program. To be eligible to participate in the work-study program, an employer must:
(1) provide part-time employment to an eligible student in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities;
(2) provide, insofar as is practicable, employment to an eligible student that is related to the student's academic interests;
(3) use Texas college work-study program positions only to supplement and not to supplant positions normally filled by persons not eligible to participate in the work-study program;
(4) provide from sources other than federal college work-study program funds a percentage of an employed student's wages that is equal to the percentage of a student's wages that the employer would be required to provide to the student in that academic year under the federal college work-study program; and
(5) provide from sources other than federal college work-study funds 100 percent of other employee benefits for the employed student.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1305 (H.B. 3808), Sec. 9, eff. June 14, 2019.
(1) provide part-time employment to an eligible student in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities;
(2) provide, insofar as is practicable, employment to an eligible student that is related to the student's academic interests;
(3) use Texas college work-study program positions only to supplement and not to supplant positions normally filled by persons not eligible to participate in the work-study program;
(4) provide from sources other than federal college work-study program funds a percentage of an employed student's wages that is equal to the percentage of a student's wages that the employer would be required to provide to the student in that academic year under the federal college work-study program; and
(5) provide from sources other than federal college work-study funds 100 percent of other employee benefits for the employed student.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1305 (H.B. 3808), Sec. 9, eff. June 14, 2019.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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