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1	1		84R22062 LED-D
2	2		By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 3658
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3658:
4		-	By: Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 3658
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7	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	6		AN ACT
9	7		relating to the development and administration of a parent
10	8		orientation and education pilot program for recipients of
11	9		subsidized child-care services.
12	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	11		SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 4, Labor Code, is amended by
14	12		adding Chapter 316 to read as follows:
15	13		CHAPTER 316. PARENT ORIENTATION AND EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM
16	14		Sec. 316.001. PARENT ORIENTATION AND EDUCATION PILOT
17	15		PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall develop and implement a pilot
18	16		program to offer parent orientation and other parent education
19	17		programs to parents receiving subsidized child-care services
20	18		through a local workforce development board.
21	19		(b) The commission shall select one local workforce
22	20		development board located in a rural area and one local workforce
23	21		development board located in an urban area to participate in the
24	22		pilot program.
25	23		(c) Not later than December 1, 2016, a participating local
26	24		workforce development board shall competitively procure a
27	25		curriculum for a parent orientation program to be offered by the
28	26		local workforce development board to parents initially receiving or
29	27		waiting to receive subsidized child-care services. Not later than
30	28		December 1, 2016, the participating local workforce development
31	29		board shall also competitively procure curricula for additional
32	30		parent education programs for parents receiving subsidized
33	31		child-care services to supplement parent orientation. To the extent
34	32		practicable, a local workforce development board must procure
35	33		commercially available parent education program curricula.
36	34		(d) A participating local workforce development board shall
37	35		ensure that the curriculum for each program includes information
38	36		for parents relating to:
39	37		(1) early brain development;
40	38		(2) child growth and development;
41	39		(3) the importance of continuity of child care; and
42	40		(4) strategies for:
43	41		(A) employing positive child guidance;
44	42		(B) selecting a quality child-care program; and
45	43		(C) supporting a child's educational success.
46	44		Sec. 316.002. PARENT PARTICIPATION IN PARENT ORIENTATION.
47	45		(a) A participating local workforce development board shall offer
48	46		parent orientation to a parent who is eligible to receive
49	47		subsidized child-care services through the board. A board may not
50	48		require a parent to participate in the orientation.
51	49		(b) A participating local workforce development board shall
52	50		ensure that a parent who participates in the parent orientation
53	51		receives priority for child-care services within the parent's
54	52		priority group, as established by the commission, over those
55	53		parents within the priority group who do not participate in the
56	54		orientation.
57	55		(c) Each participating local workforce development board
58	56		shall establish a deadline by which a parent who applies for
59	57		subsidized child-care services must complete the parent
60	58		orientation in order to receive the benefit of participation
61	59		described in Subsection (b).
62	60		Sec. 316.003. PARENT ORIENTATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
63	61		participating local workforce development board shall use the
64	62		parent orientation program curriculum procured by that board under
65	63		Section 316.001 as the content of parent orientation.
66	64		(b) A participating local workforce development board shall
67	65		offer parent orientation at least three times a month.
68	66		(c) A participating local workforce development board
69	67		shall:
70	68		(1) select, in a manner consistent with contracting
71	69		guidelines established under Section 2308.264, Government Code, an
72	70		instructor for the parent orientation through a competitive
73	71		procurement process; or
74	72		(2) select a contractor who is already providing
75	73		workforce training or services to act as the instructor for parent
76	74		orientation.
77	75		(d) A parent orientation session must:
78	76		(1) include both group discussion and video
79	77		programming; and
80	78		(2) be at least 1-1/2 hours but not more than 3 hours
81	79		in duration.
82	80		(e) A participating local workforce development board shall
83	81		provide parent orientation in English and in a second language
84	82		appropriate to the demographic makeup of the community served.
85	83		(f) A participating local workforce development board may
86	84		conduct parent orientation at a physical location where the board
87	85		provides services or at a location in the community that is
88	86		accessible to participants in the orientation. The board shall
89	87		provide the option to participate in parent orientation by video
90	88		conference through the Internet.
91	89		Sec. 316.004. ADDITIONAL PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a)
92	90		In addition to parent orientation, a participating local workforce
93	91		development board shall offer parent education programs using the
94	92		parent education program curricula procured by that board under
95	93		Section 316.001 to a parent receiving subsidized child-care
96	94		services through the board. A board may not require a parent to
97	95		participate in a parent education program.
98	96		(b) A participating local workforce development board may
99	97		offer incentives to encourage participation in the parent education
100	98		programs.
101	99		(c) A participating local workforce development board shall
102	100		offer the parent education programs in the languages, locations,
103	101		and manner described by Sections 316.003(e) and (f).
104	102		Sec. 316.005. PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM IN LIEU OF
105	103		TERMINATION. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a parent receiving
106	104		subsidized child-care services through a participating local
107	105		workforce development board who becomes ineligible for subsidized
108	106		child-care services because of a child's excessive absences may
109	107		retain eligibility for child-care services if the parent:
110	108		(1) enrolls in a parent education program offered by a
111	109		local workforce development board under Section 316.004 not later
112	110		than the 30th day after the date the board sends notice of
113	111		ineligibility to the parent; and
114	112		(2) successfully completes the parent education
115	113		program within the time designated by board policy.
116	114		(b) A parent may retain eligibility for child-care services
117	115		by completing a parent education program as provided by this
118	116		section after only the first time the parent becomes ineligible for
119	117		a reason under Subsection (a).
120	118		(c) A participating local workforce development board shall
121	119		adopt policies to administer this section, including a policy that:
122	120		(1) specifies the manner in which a parent proves
123	121		successful completion of a parent education program under this
124	122		section; and
125	123		(2) ensures that a parent described under Subsection
126	124		(a) will continue to receive child-care services while the parent
127	125		is completing the parent education program.
128	126		Sec. 316.006. EVALUATION AND REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. (a)
129	127		The commission shall develop a process for evaluating the
130	128		effectiveness of the parent orientation and education programs and
131	129		determine performance measures for the evaluation process not later
132	130		than January 1, 2018.
133	131		(b) The evaluation process under this section must:
134	132		(1) provide for the collection of feedback from
135	133		parents who participated in the parent orientation and education
136	134		programs; and
137	135		(2) determine whether the parent orientation and
138	136		education programs should be continued, modified, or expanded for
139	137		statewide implementation.
140	138		(c) The commission shall issue a report to the legislature
141	139		regarding the commission's findings under this section and
142	140		recommendations regarding the parent orientation and education
143	141		programs.
144	142		Sec. 316.007. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires January 15,
145	143		2019.
146	144		SECTION 2. The Texas Workforce Commission is required to
147	145		perform the evaluation and issue the report as required under
148	146		Section 316.006, Labor Code, as added by this Act, not later than
149	147		January 15, 2019.
150	148		SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act
151	149		a state agency determines that authorization from a federal agency
152	150		is necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency
153	151		affected by the provision shall request the authorization and may
154	152		delay implementing that provision until the authorization is
155	153		granted.
156	154		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
157	155		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
158	156		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
159	157		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
160	158		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.