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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to improving the accountability of local workforce |
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development boards and consumer information regarding job training |
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programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 302.048, Labor Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsections (d-1) and |
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(g) to read as follows: |
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(c) Based on the criteria prescribed under this section, the |
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commission shall develop annual performance measures to be used by |
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the commission to evaluate each local workforce development board. |
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(d) The commission shall post on its Internet website an |
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annual report of the results of the commission's most recent |
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evaluation of each local workforce development board. The report |
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must be posted: |
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(1) not later than the end of the second quarter |
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following the 12-month period covered by the report, as determined |
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by the commission for purposes of this subdivision; and |
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(2) [on the commission's Internet website] in a format |
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that: |
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(A) is readily accessible to and understandable |
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by a member of the public; and |
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(B) includes any necessary explanatory |
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information. |
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(d-1) The annual report posted by the commission on its |
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Internet website under Subsection (d) must include the following |
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information regarding each local workforce development board: |
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(1) a comparison of the board's result on each annual |
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performance measure established by the commission with the |
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applicable commission-established target for that measure; and |
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(2) a summary of material findings from the most |
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recent financial monitoring review conducted by the commission. |
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(g) Each local workforce development board shall include in |
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a prominent location on its Internet website a link to the annual |
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report required to be posted on the commission's website under |
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Subsection (d). |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 302.049 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 302.049. JOB TRAINING PROGRAM DATABASE. (a) To |
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facilitate a consumer's informed selection among job training |
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programs, the commission shall: |
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(1) include in its searchable database of job training |
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programs that are currently approved by one or more local workforce |
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development boards and certified by the commission, annual |
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performance outcomes for each program, including the program's |
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completion rate, post-program completion entered employment rate, |
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and average starting hourly wages at placement, or, if hourly wages |
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are not appropriate, post-program completion average quarterly |
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wages; and |
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(2) update the database to reflect the most recent |
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annual performance outcomes of programs not later than the end of |
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the second quarter following the 12-month period for which outcomes |
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were computed, as determined by the commission for purposes of this |
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subdivision. |
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(b) Each local workforce development board and certified |
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provider of a job training program included in the database |
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described by Subsection (a) shall submit to the commission any data |
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requested by the commission regarding job training programs as |
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necessary for the commission to carry out its duties under that |
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subsection. |
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(c) The commission may adopt rules as necessary to |
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administer this section. |
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SECTION 3. The Texas Workforce Commission shall post on its |
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Internet website the first annual report required by Section |
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302.048(d), Labor Code, as amended by this Act, not later than May |
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1, 2016. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |