Title LA, Labor Code

Sec. 302.0027. FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING. (a) The commission and local workforce development boards shall ensure that each workforce development program offered in this state includes training in financial literacy. (b) The division shall develop materials and information to be…

Sec. 302.003. JOB RETENTION AND REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. The division may provide ongoing job retention and reemployment assistance for a recipient of public assistance or nonrecipient parent who has participated in a job training program. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 828, …

Sec. 302.0031. COLLEGE CREDIT FOR HEROES PROGRAM. (a) In this section: (1) "Career school or college" has the meaning assigned by Section 132.001, Education Code. (2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. (b) The commission …

Sec. 302.0032. TEXAS FAST START PROGRAM. (a) In this section: (1) "Fast start program" means a career and technical education program designed to help students earn postsecondary certificates and degrees and enter into the workforce quickly. (2) "Public junior college," "public s…

Sec. 302.0033. OPERATION WELCOME HOME PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer the Operation Welcome Home program to expedite the entry of veterans and military service members into the workforce through the use of enhanced employment services. In establishing t…

Sec. 302.00335. TEXAS VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. (a) The commission, in consultation with the Texas Veterans Commission, shall establish a Texas Veterans Leadership Program. (b) The mission of the program is to serve as a resource and referral network connecting veterans with t…

Sec. 302.0034. EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN FAMILIES OF MILITARY PERSONNEL. (a) The commission shall provide employment assistance services, including job placement and other employment-related services, to the spouses and dependents of military personnel who are ass…

Sec. 302.00341. GRANTS TO FACILITATE PARTICIPATION IN APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS BY CERTAIN VETERANS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL. (a) In this section: (1) "Apprenticeship training program" has the meaning assigned by Section 133.001, Education Code. (2) "Nonprofit organization" …

Sec. 302.0035. EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN PARENTS. The commission shall provide employment assistance services, including skills training, job placement, and employment-related services, to a person referred to the commission by: (1) the Title IV-D agency under Cha…

Sec. 302.0036. TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE. (a) To the extent funds are available, the commission and local workforce development boards shall provide transportation assistance to recipients of financial assistance and nonrecipient parents participating in employment programs under…

Sec. 302.0037. MAXIMIZING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE. (a) The commission and local workforce development boards shall maximize the state's receipt of federal funds available to provide transportation assistance to recipients of financial assistance and nonrecipie…

Sec. 302.0038. HOUSING RESOURCES FOR CERTAIN RECIPIENTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN NONRECIPIENT PARENTS. (a) The commission, in cooperation with local workforce development boards, shall, for a recipient of financial assistance or nonrecipient parent participating in an …

Sec. 302.004. FUNDS FOR JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY ACTIVITIES, AND CHILD CARE. In providing job training, employment services, adult education and literacy services, and child care to eligible persons, the commission, notwithstanding the provi…

Sec. 302.0041. CHILD-CARE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT GRANTS. (a) The commission may make grants available on a one-time basis to local workforce development boards to enable the boards to design and implement child-care demonstration projects. (b) A local workforce development board t…

Sec. 302.0042. EVALUATION OF ALLOCATION FORMULAS FOR CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. (a) The commission shall annually evaluate the formulas used by the commission to distribute federal child care development funds to local workforce development boards in order to ensure that the f…

Sec. 302.0043. EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE PROGRAM. (a) To evaluate the effectiveness of the commission's child care program in helping parents who receive subsidized child care to maintain employment, the commission shall compile, regarding each parent r…

Sec. 302.00435. SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE PROGRAM; INPUT POLICY. (a) The commission shall develop a policy for obtaining, through appropriate methods, input from interested parties regarding its subsidized child care program and for using that input in administering that program. (b)…

Sec. 302.00436. SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE PROGRAM: INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Each local workforce development board shall inform the local school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in the workforce development area regarding opportunities to partner with child-care p…

Sec. 302.0044. WAGE TRACKING OF TANF CHOICES PROGRAM RECIPIENTS. (a) The commission, in consultation with local workforce development boards, shall compile the following information with regard to each recipient of employment services under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Fami…

Sec. 302.0045. QUALITY INITIATIVES BY COMMISSION. (a) The commission shall collect state and local information relating to the effectiveness of the use of four percent quality dollars by local workforce development boards. The commission shall produce a report that highlights pro…

Sec. 302.0046. NOTICE REGARDING TERMINATION OF CERTAIN CHILD-CARE SERVICES. (a) The commission shall direct each local workforce development board to notify a working poor subsidy recipient who resides in that board's local workforce development area and who receives child-care s…

Sec. 302.0047. ELECTRONIC VALIDATION OF CHILD-CARE SERVICES AND ATTENDANCE. If feasible, the commission shall use an electronic validation system to ensure that parents verify that a provider of relative child care is providing care and that the child for whom the care is provide…

Sec. 302.005. CHILD-CARE TRAINING CENTER PILOT PROGRAMS. (a) The commission shall establish four pilot programs in which the division shall certify day-care facilities licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, as training centers that offer training and certification for r…

Sec. 302.0051. PREKINDERGARTEN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer a prekindergarten partnership program to assist child-care providers who meet the definition of an eligible private provider under Section 29.171, Education Code, in partnering w…

Sec. 302.006. PROFESSIONAL CHILD-CARE TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS, BONUSES, AND WAGE SUPPLEMENTATION. (a) The commission may develop and administer a program under which the commission awards scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each for professional child-care training to eligible rec…

Sec. 302.0062. STRATEGIC PLAN TO SUPPORT CHILD-CARE WORKFORCE. (a) The commission shall prepare a strategic plan for improving the quality of the infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age child-care workforce in this state. The strategic plan must include: (1) recommendations fo…

Sec. 302.0063. CHILD-CARE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "program" means the professional development scholarship program established under this section. (b) From funds appropriated for the purpose, the commission shall establish and administer…

Sec. 302.0064. CHILD-CARE RESOURCES FOR EMPLOYERS. (a) The commission shall maintain in a prominent location on its Internet website a link to a web page consisting of comprehensive and current information to help employers assist employees who are parents with accessing child ca…

Sec. 302.007. REPORT ON TRADE ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The commission shall include in the commission's supplemental annual report to the governor and the legislature under Section 301.065(c) a report on the effectiveness of federal programs designed to provide trade adjustment a…

Sec. 302.008. STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE CAMPAIGN. The commission shall develop an information and marketing campaign designed to encourage residents of the state to enter the technology workforce. The campaign shall target populations that are traditionally economically disa…

Sec. 302.0081. ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. (a) In this section: (1) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency. (2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (3) "General academic teaching institution," "institution of hig…

Sec. 302.009. JOB PLACEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM. (a) The commission by rule shall develop a job placement incentive program under which persons with whom local workforce development boards contract for employment services under Chapter 2308, Government Code, are provided incentives…

Sec. 302.010. POSTEMPLOYMENT SERVICES GUIDELINES. (a) The commission by rule shall develop guidelines under which local workforce development boards provide postemployment services to a recipient of financial assistance or nonrecipient parent participating in an employment progra…

Sec. 302.011. POSTEMPLOYMENT CASE MANAGEMENT AND MENTORING. The commission shall encourage local workforce development boards to provide postemployment case management services for and use mentoring techniques to assist recipients of financial assistance and nonrecipient parents …

Sec. 302.012. MONITORING OF EMPLOYMENT HISTORY OF CERTAIN FORMER RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. (a) The division shall develop and implement a system to monitor the long-term employment history of persons who are former recipients of assistance under employment programs operate…

Sec. 302.013. LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) In this section, "advisory committee" means the local workforce development board advisory committee created under this section. (b) The organization composed of a member of and the staff director of each loc…

Sec. 302.014. EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. (a) The commission shall provide the Texas Education Agency with information at least each quarter, disaggregated by county or other appropriate region, regarding: (1) current and projected employment opportuniti…

Sec. 302.015. PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO CERTAIN NONRECIPIENT PARENTS. The commission shall provide employment services, including needs assessment, job training, postemployment, and related support services, to nonrecipient parents to the same extent the services are pr…

Sec. 302.016. RULES REGARDING PRIVATE SECTOR PRISON INDUSTRIES PROGRAMS. The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section 497.0596(a)(4), Government Code. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1282 (H.B. 1914), Sec. 19, eff. June 19, 2009.

Sec. 302.017. PEACE OFFICER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY INTERNET WEBSITE. (a) In this section, "peace officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code. (b) The commission shall develop, maintain, and promote a statewide employment opportunity Internet website to…

Sec. 302.019. OCCUPATIONAL SHORTAGE STUDY; REPORT. (a) The commission shall gather and study information relating to existing and projected shortages in high-wage, high-demand occupations in this state. The study conducted by the commission under this section must include informa…

Sec. 302.0191. REPORT ON AVAILABLE APPRENTICESHIPS. (a) In this section: (1) "Apprenticeship program" includes: (A) an industry-recognized training program, as defined by Section 302.252; and (B) an apprenticeship training program, as defined by Section 133.001, Education Code. (…

Sec. 302.020. REPORT ON TRANSITION FROM MILITARY SERVICE TO EMPLOYMENT. Not later than September 1 of each year, the commission, in consultation with the Texas Coordinating Council for Veterans Services, shall submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of r…

Sec. 302.0201. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CAREER EDUCATION AND TRAINING EVALUATION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer a pilot program in the Borderplex workforce development area under which the local workforce development board serving that area is requi…

Sec. 302.0205. REGIONAL LABOR DEMAND ASSESSMENT. (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. (b) The commission shall conduct a biennial assessment of available regional labor demands across this state using t…

Sec. 302.021. CONSOLIDATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The following job-training, employment, and employment-related educational programs and functions are consolidated under the authority of the commission: (1) career school and college programs under Chapter 132, E…