Bill Text: TX HB3658 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the development and administration of a parent orientation and education pilot program for recipients of subsidized child-care services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-15 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [HB3658 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3658-Engrossed.html
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| By: King of Taylor | H.B. No. 3658 | |
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| relating to the development and administration of a parent | ||
| orientation and education pilot program for recipients of | ||
| subsidized child-care services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Chapter 316 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 316. PARENT ORIENTATION AND EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM | ||
| Sec. 316.001. PARENT ORIENTATION AND EDUCATION PILOT | ||
| PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall develop and implement a pilot | ||
| program to offer parent orientation and other parent education | ||
| programs to parents receiving subsidized child-care services | ||
| through a local workforce development board. | ||
| (b) The commission shall select one local workforce | ||
| development board located in a rural area and one local workforce | ||
| development board located in an urban area to participate in the | ||
| pilot program. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 1, 2016, a participating local | ||
| workforce development board shall competitively procure a | ||
| curriculum for a parent orientation program to be offered by the | ||
| local workforce development board to parents initially receiving or | ||
| waiting to receive subsidized child-care services. Not later than | ||
| December 1, 2016, the participating local workforce development | ||
| board shall also competitively procure curricula for additional | ||
| parent education programs for parents receiving subsidized | ||
| child-care services to supplement parent orientation. To the extent | ||
| practicable, a local workforce development board must procure | ||
| commercially available parent education program curricula. | ||
| (d) A participating local workforce development board shall | ||
| ensure that the curriculum for each program includes information | ||
| for parents relating to: | ||
| (1) early brain development; | ||
| (2) child growth and development; | ||
| (3) the importance of continuity of child care; and | ||
| (4) strategies for: | ||
| (A) employing positive child guidance; | ||
| (B) selecting a quality child-care program; and | ||
| (C) supporting a child's educational success. | ||
| Sec. 316.002. PARENT PARTICIPATION IN PARENT ORIENTATION. | ||
| (a) A participating local workforce development board shall offer | ||
| parent orientation to a parent who is eligible to receive | ||
| subsidized child-care services through the board. A board may not | ||
| require a parent to participate in the orientation. | ||
| (b) A participating local workforce development board shall | ||
| ensure that a parent who participates in the parent orientation | ||
| receives priority for child-care services within the parent's | ||
| priority group, as established by the commission, over those | ||
| parents within the priority group who do not participate in the | ||
| orientation. | ||
| (c) Each participating local workforce development board | ||
| shall establish a deadline by which a parent who applies for | ||
| subsidized child-care services must complete the parent | ||
| orientation in order to receive the benefit of participation | ||
| described in Subsection (b). | ||
| Sec. 316.003. PARENT ORIENTATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) A | ||
| participating local workforce development board shall use the | ||
| parent orientation program curriculum procured by that board under | ||
| Section 316.001 as the content of parent orientation. | ||
| (b) A participating local workforce development board shall | ||
| offer parent orientation at least three times a month. | ||
| (c) A participating local workforce development board | ||
| shall: | ||
| (1) select, in a manner consistent with contracting | ||
| guidelines established under Section 2308.264, Government Code, an | ||
| instructor for the parent orientation through a competitive | ||
| procurement process; or | ||
| (2) select a contractor who is already providing | ||
| workforce training or services to act as the instructor for parent | ||
| orientation. | ||
| (d) A parent orientation session must: | ||
| (1) include both group discussion and video | ||
| programming; and | ||
| (2) be at least 1-1/2 hours but not more than 3 hours | ||
| in duration. | ||
| (e) A participating local workforce development board shall | ||
| provide parent orientation in English and in a second language | ||
| appropriate to the demographic makeup of the community served. | ||
| (f) A participating local workforce development board may | ||
| conduct parent orientation at a physical location where the board | ||
| provides services or at a location in the community that is | ||
| accessible to participants in the orientation. The board shall | ||
| provide the option to participate in parent orientation by video | ||
| conference through the Internet. | ||
| Sec. 316.004. ADDITIONAL PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) | ||
| In addition to parent orientation, a participating local workforce | ||
| development board shall offer parent education programs using the | ||
| parent education program curricula procured by that board under | ||
| Section 316.001 to a parent receiving subsidized child-care | ||
| services through the board. A board may not require a parent to | ||
| participate in a parent education program. | ||
| (b) A participating local workforce development board may | ||
| offer incentives to encourage participation in the parent education | ||
| programs. | ||
| (c) A participating local workforce development board shall | ||
| offer the parent education programs in the languages, locations, | ||
| and manner described by Sections 316.003(e) and (f). | ||
| Sec. 316.005. PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM IN LIEU OF | ||
| TERMINATION. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a parent receiving | ||
| subsidized child-care services through a participating local | ||
| workforce development board who becomes ineligible for subsidized | ||
| child-care services because of a child's excessive absences may | ||
| retain eligibility for child-care services if the parent: | ||
| (1) enrolls in a parent education program offered by a | ||
| local workforce development board under Section 316.004 not later | ||
| than the 30th day after the date the board sends notice of | ||
| ineligibility to the parent; and | ||
| (2) successfully completes the parent education | ||
| program within the time designated by board policy. | ||
| (b) A parent may retain eligibility for child-care services | ||
| by completing a parent education program as provided by this | ||
| section after only the first time the parent becomes ineligible for | ||
| a reason under Subsection (a). | ||
| (c) A participating local workforce development board shall | ||
| adopt policies to administer this section, including a policy that: | ||
| (1) specifies the manner in which a parent proves | ||
| successful completion of a parent education program under this | ||
| section; and | ||
| (2) ensures that a parent described under Subsection | ||
| (a) will continue to receive child-care services while the parent | ||
| is completing the parent education program. | ||
| Sec. 316.006. EVALUATION AND REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. (a) | ||
| The commission shall develop a process for evaluating the | ||
| effectiveness of the parent orientation and education programs and | ||
| determine performance measures for the evaluation process not later | ||
| than January 1, 2018. | ||
| (b) The evaluation process under this section must: | ||
| (1) provide for the collection of feedback from | ||
| parents who participated in the parent orientation and education | ||
| programs; and | ||
| (2) determine whether the parent orientation and | ||
| education programs should be continued, modified, or expanded for | ||
| statewide implementation. | ||
| (c) The commission shall issue a report to the legislature | ||
| regarding the commission's findings under this section and | ||
| recommendations regarding the parent orientation and education | ||
| programs. | ||
| Sec. 316.007. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires January 15, | ||
| 2019. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Workforce Commission is required to | ||
| perform the evaluation and issue the report as required under | ||
| Section 316.006, Labor Code, as added by this Act, not later than | ||
| January 15, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
| a state agency determines that authorization from a federal agency | ||
| is necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency | ||
| affected by the provision shall request the authorization and may | ||
| delay implementing that provision until the authorization is | ||
| granted. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
