Bill Text: TX HB865 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the application for funding for certain workforce development programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-25 - Left pending in committee [HB865 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB865-Introduced.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 865 | |
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| relating to the application for funding for certain workforce | ||
| development programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 302.0465 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 302.0465. DIRECT FUNDING APPLICATION. (a) The | ||
| commission shall adopt a plan to allow nonprofit service providers | ||
| to apply for funding directly from the commission if the local | ||
| workforce development board is nonresponsive. A local workforce | ||
| development board is considered nonresponsive if, as determined by | ||
| the commission, the board: | ||
| (1) is not fulfilling the board's statutory | ||
| requirements; and | ||
| (2) has not met at least 80 percent of the performance | ||
| standards established under this chapter and other applicable | ||
| federal and state law for two consecutive program years. | ||
| (b) The plan adopted under this section may include an | ||
| application for funding for: | ||
| (1) job training programs funded under the Workforce | ||
| Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. Section 3101 et seq.); | ||
| (2) postsecondary vocational and technical job | ||
| training programs that are not part of approved courses or programs | ||
| that lead to licensing, certification, or an associate degree under | ||
| Chapter 61, 130, or 135, Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter | ||
| 88, Education Code; | ||
| (3) adult education programs under Chapter 315; | ||
| (4) employment services programs; | ||
| (5) support services provided for recipients of | ||
| financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code; and | ||
| (6) employment and training programs for recipients of | ||
| supplemental nutrition assistance under Chapter 33, Human | ||
| Resources Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules | ||
| necessary to implement Section 302.0465, Labor Code, as added by | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
