84R4872 KSD-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1456
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to improving the accountability of local workforce
development boards and consumer information regarding job training
programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 302.048, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsections (d-1) and
(g) to read as follows:
(c) Based on the criteria prescribed under this section, the
commission shall develop annual performance measures to be used by
the commission to evaluate each local workforce development board.
(d) The commission shall post on its Internet website an
annual report of the results of the commission's most recent
evaluation of each local workforce development board. The report
must be posted:
(1) not later than the end of the second quarter
following the 12-month period covered by the report, as determined
by the commission for purposes of this subdivision; and
(2) [on the commission's Internet website] in a format
that:
(A) is readily accessible to and understandable
by a member of the public; and
(B) includes any necessary explanatory
information.
(d-1) The annual report posted by the commission on its
Internet website under Subsection (d) must include the following
information regarding each local workforce development board:
(1) a comparison of the board's result on each annual
performance measure established by the commission with the
applicable commission-established target for that measure; and
(2) a summary of material findings from the most
recent financial monitoring review conducted by the commission.
(g) Each local workforce development board shall include in
a prominent location on its Internet website a link to the annual
report required to be posted on the commission's website under
Subsection (d).
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 302.049 to read as follows:
Sec. 302.049. JOB TRAINING PROGRAM DATABASE. (a) To
facilitate a consumer's informed selection among job training
programs, the commission shall:
(1) include in its searchable database of job training
programs that are currently approved by one or more local workforce
development boards and certified by the commission, annual
performance outcomes for each program, including the program's
completion rate, post-program completion entered employment rate,
and average starting hourly wages at placement, or, if hourly wages
are not appropriate, post-program completion average quarterly
wages; and
(2) update the database to reflect the most recent
annual performance outcomes of programs not later than the end of
the second quarter following the 12-month period for which outcomes
were computed, as determined by the commission for purposes of this
subdivision.
(b) Each local workforce development board and certified
provider of a job training program included in the database
described by Subsection (a) shall submit to the commission any data
requested by the commission regarding job training programs as
necessary for the commission to carry out its duties under that
subsection.
(c) The commission may adopt rules as necessary to
administer this section.
SECTION 3. The Texas Workforce Commission shall post on its
Internet website the first annual report required by Section
302.048(d), Labor Code, as amended by this Act, not later than May
1, 2016.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.