Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3323 Compare Versions

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1	1		85R17906 MK-F
2	2		By: Deshotel, Huberty H.B. No. 3323
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3323:
	4	+	By: Button C.S.H.B. No. 3323
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to the evaluation of and improvements to the quality of the
8	10		Texas Workforce Commission's subsidized child care program.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Section 302.0042, Labor Code, is amended by
11	13		amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
12	14		follows:
13	15		(b) The commission's evaluation must assess:
14	16		(1) the use of current federal child care funds by each
15	17		local workforce development board;
16	18		(2) the ability of each local workforce development
17	19		board to meet child care performance measures;
18	20		(3) the estimated [average] cost incurred by child
19	21		care providers [of child care] in each local workforce development
20	22		area as stated in the report required under 45 C.F.R. Section
21	23		98.45(f)(1);
22	24		(4) the average price charged by child care providers
23	25		for child care in each local workforce development area as stated in
24	26		the market rate survey conducted under 45 C.F.R. Section 98.45(c);
25	27		(5) the poverty rate of each local workforce
26	28		development area compared to the state's poverty rate;
27	29		(6) [(5)] the number of children on waiting lists for
28	30		child care in each local workforce development area; [and]
29	31		(7) [(6)] the number of places that are reserved for
30	32		participants in the child care subsidy program out of the total
31	33		number of children enrolled with a provider on a full-time basis
32	34		categorized by age of the child for each provider [vacant slots
33	35		available for child care placement] in each local workforce
34	36		development area that is certified as a 2-star, 3-star, or 4-star
35	37		provider in the Texas Rising Star Program or that does not
36	38		participate in the Texas Rising Star Program;
37	39		(8) the total number of child care providers
38	40		participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local
39	41		workforce development area and the number of 2-star, 3-star, and
40	42		4-star rated child care providers in the local workforce
41	43		development area;
42	44		(9) the number of child care providers participating
43	45		in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local workforce
44	46		development area as a percentage of the total number of subsidized
45	47		child care providers in the local workforce development area and
46	48		the number of 2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated child care providers
47	49		in the local workforce development area as a percentage of the total
48	50		number of subsidized child care providers in the local workforce
49	51		development area;
50	52		(10) the total number of children enrolled in
51	53		subsidized child care providers participating in the Texas Rising
52	54		Star Program in each local workforce development area and the
53	55		number of subsidized children enrolled in 2-star, 3-star, and
54	56		4-star rated child care providers in the local workforce
55	57		development area; and
56	58		(11) the number of subsidized children enrolled in
57	59		child care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program
58	60		in each local workforce development area as a percentage of the
59	61		total number of subsidized children enrolled in child care
60	62		providers in the local workforce development area and the number of
61	63		subsidized children enrolled in 2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated
62	64		child care providers in the local workforce development area as a
63	65		percentage of the total number of subsidized children enrolled in
64	66		child care providers in the local workforce development area.
65	67		(c) For the purposes of evaluation under this section, the
66	68		commission shall annually update the information described by
67	69		Subsections (b)(6)-(11).
68	70		SECTION 2. Section 302.0043, Labor Code, is amended by
69	71		adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsections (e) and (f) to
70	72		read as follows:
71	73		(c-1) The commission shall measure and evaluate the
72	74		progress of the commission's child care program regarding:
73	75		(1) coordination by the commission with the Texas
74	76		Education Agency to assign a Public Education Information
75	77		Management System (PEIMS) number to children younger than six years
76	78		of age enrolled in the commission's child care program;
77	79		(2) coordination with the Texas Education Agency,
78	80		school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools on any
79	81		prekindergarten quality improvement efforts;
80	82		(3) efforts to increase coordination between
81	83		participating providers in the commission's child care program,
82	84		school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools;
83	85		(4) facilitation of child care provider enrollment in
84	86		the Texas Rising Star Program and progression of providers to the
85	87		highest rating level in the program; and
86	88		(5) development and implementation of rates and
87	89		payments, as determined by local workforce development boards, to:
88	90		(A) allow participating providers to provide
89	91		high quality child care; and
90	92		(B) ensure that the commission meets performance
91	93		measures established by the legislature for the average number of
92	94		children served by the commission's child care program per day.
93	95		(e) The commission shall make the information collected by
94	96		the commission and the commission's findings available to local
95	97		workforce development boards, school districts, open-enrollment
96	98		charter schools, and the public.
97	99		(f) Not later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the
98	100		commission shall report to the legislature regarding the
99	101		commission's findings regarding the effectiveness of the
100	102		commission's child care program. The report must:
101	103		(1) include employment outcome information,
102	104		disaggregated by local workforce development area, regarding
103	105		parents receiving subsidized care under the program; [and]
104	106		(2) identify multiyear trends in the information
105	107		collected and analyzed by the commission under this section,
106	108		including trends in the information for at least the five state
107	109		fiscal years preceding the date of the report; and
108	110		(3) include information described by Sections
109	111		302.0042(b)(8)-(11).
110	112		SECTION 3. Section 302.00435, Labor Code, is amended to
111	113		read as follows:
112	114		Sec. 302.00435. SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE PROGRAM; INPUT
113	115		POLICY. (a) The commission shall develop a policy for obtaining,
114	116		through appropriate methods, input from interested parties
115	117		regarding its subsidized child care program and for using that
116	118		input in administering that program.
117	119		(b) The policy developed under Subsection (a) must include
118	120		methods for obtaining input from the Texas Education Agency, school
119	121		districts, open-enrollment charter schools, subsidized child care
120	122		providers, relevant businesses, and the public, regarding:
121	123		(1) improving coordination between the subsidized
122	124		child care program and prekindergarten programs; and
123	125		(2) increasing the quality of and access to the
124	126		subsidized child care program.
125	127		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.