Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 2308.268. ASSISTANCE AND SANCTIONS FOR NONPERFORMANCE. (a) The council shall provide technical assistance to local workforce development areas that do not meet performance standards established under this chapter and other applicable federal and state law. (b) If a local wor…

Sec. 2308.269. SANCTIONS FOR LACK OF FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY. If, as a result of financial and compliance audits or for another reason, the Texas Workforce Commission finds a substantial violation of a specific provision of this chapter or another federal or state law or regulation…

Sec. 2308.301. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means a local workforce development board. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.81(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 9…

Sec. 2308.302. RESPONSIBILITY OF BOARD. (a) A board is directly responsible and accountable to the division for the planning and oversight of all workforce training and services and the evaluation of all workforce development programs in the workforce development area. A board sh…

Sec. 2308.303. BOARD DUTIES. (a) A board shall: (1) serve as a single point of contact for local businesses to communicate their skill needs and to influence the direction of all workforce development programs in the workforce development area; (2) serve as a private industry cou…

Sec. 2308.3035. COMPONENTS OF LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM. The local workforce development system is composed of two major components as follows: (1) an employer services component that provides labor market information and services and other services as appropriate to loc…

Sec. 2308.304. LOCAL PLAN. (a) A board shall adopt a single plan that includes the components specified in this section. (b) The plan must include a strategic component that: (1) assesses the labor market needs of the local workforce development area; (2) identifies existing work…

Sec. 2308.305. USE OF LABOR MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEM. A board shall review, verify, modify, and use local labor market information developed through the state's labor market information system to identify, by occupation, the labor demand by employers in each workforce developmen…

Sec. 2308.306. REPORT. A board shall periodically provide a report summarizing by occupation the labor demand to: (1) each public postsecondary institution providing vocational and technical education; and (2) each entity under contract to the board to provide workforce training …

Sec. 2308.307. FILLING EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. (a) If a need in the availability of workforce education is indicated by the labor market information system provided by the board, by a direct request of employers located in the workforce area, or as the result of economic development i…

Sec. 2308.308. PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE. A public community college shall promptly provide workforce training and services that are requested: (1) by a board if the need for the training and services is based on the labor market information system available for the area; (2) by e…

Sec. 2308.309. INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) An institution of higher education that has local taxing authority and is governed by a locally elected board of trustees is the primary provider of local workforce training and services that are needed by an employer within the…

Sec. 2308.310. CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES NOT PROHIBITED. This subchapter does not prohibit an institution of higher education from offering workforce education or workforce training and services that: (1) are needed by an employer located in the institution's taxing district a…

Sec. 2308.311. LIST OF PUBLICLY FUNDED PROGRAMS AND CLASSES. (a) Each local education agency and public or private postsecondary educational institution shall provide the board in its area a list of all vocational-technical programs and classes the agency or institution offers th…

Sec. 2308.312. CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. (a) A board shall establish career development centers accessible to students, workers, and persons formerly sentenced to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice throughout the workforce development area. The board shall establish the c…

Sec. 2308.3121. SERVICE PROVIDER LIMITATION; WAIVER. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who provides one-stop services may not also provide developmental services such as basic education and skills training. (b) The division may develop a waiver process for a pers…

Sec. 2308.3122. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS. In cooperation with the boards, the Texas Workforce Commission shall provide for the filing of unemployment insurance claims through career development centers in each local workforce development area. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., …

Sec. 2308.313. RIGHT TO KNOW. A career development center shall provide to each person, before the person participates in a vocational or technical training program, a document that informs the person of: (1) current employment prospects; (2) the current wage level for a person w…

Sec. 2308.314. TAX ASSISTANCE. (a) The Texas Workforce Commission may provide to individuals who participate in a workforce development program information on the federal earned income tax credit for working families. The commission may assist participants in preparing and filing…

Sec. 2308.315. REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CHILD-CARE PROVIDERS. Each board shall establish and implement graduated reimbursement rates for child-care providers participating in the commission's subsidized child-care program that align the commission's age groupings with the child-to…

Sec. 2308.3151. REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR TEXAS RISING STAR PROGRAM PROVIDERS. (a) Each board shall establish graduated reimbursement rates for child care based on the commission's Texas Rising Star Program. (b) The minimum reimbursement rate for a Texas Rising Star Program provide…

Sec. 2308.3155. TEXAS RISING STAR PROGRAM. (a) The Texas Rising Star Program is a quality-based child care rating system of child care providers participating in the commission's subsidized child care program. (b) The commission shall adopt rules to administer the Texas Rising St…

Sec. 2308.316. FUNDING OF COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD CHILD CARE. Each board shall allocate a portion of the board's federal child care development funds dedicated to quality improvement activities to a competitive procurement process for a syst…

Sec. 2308.3165. SCOPE OF CHILD CARE SERVICES. In addition to other programs approved by a board or permitted by another law, a child who is otherwise eligible for child care services funded by a board is eligible to receive the services while the child is enrolled in a federal He…

Sec. 2308.317. EXPENDITURES FOR CERTAIN CHILD CARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission shall ensure that, to the extent federal child care development funds dedicated to quality improvement activities are used to improve quality and a…

Sec. 2308.3171. INFORMATION ON QUALITY CHILD CARE. (a) In this section, "quality child-care indicator" means any appropriate indicator of quality services, including whether the provider of the services: (1) meets Texas Rising Star Program certification criteria; (2) is accredite…

Sec. 2308.318. MATCHING FUNDS FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES. For purposes of obtaining federal matching funds for child care services, including after-school care provided at a school or a federal Head Start program, a board shall use money and in-kind services provided by a local scho…

Sec. 2308.319. COLLABORATIVE READING INITIATIVES. The commission shall encourage each local workforce development board to raise an amount of local funds in excess of the amount required to meet performance measures to be used to support collaborative reading initiatives. Acts 20…

Sec. 2308.320. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROVIDERS. Each board shall provide technical assistance to Texas Rising Star Program providers and to providers seeking certification under the Texas Rising Star Program, including providing: (1) a mentor or coach to a Texas Rising Star Pr…