Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R3536 EAS-F
2	2	By: Watson S.B. No. 1002
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the evaluation of and improvements to the quality of the
8	8	Texas Workforce Commission's subsidized child care program.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 302.0042, Labor Code, is amended by
11	11	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
12	12	follows:
13	13	(b) The commission's evaluation must assess:
14	14	(1) the use of current federal child care funds by each
15	15	local workforce development board;
16	16	(2) the ability of each local workforce development
17	17	board to meet child care performance measures;
18	18	(3) the estimated [average] cost incurred by child
19	19	care providers [of child care] in each local workforce development
20	20	area as stated in the report required under 45 C.F.R. Section
21	21	98.45(f)(1);
22	22	(4) the average price charged by child care providers
23	23	for child care in each local workforce development area as stated in
24	24	the market rate survey conducted under 45 C.F.R. Section 98.45(c);
25	25	(5) the poverty rate of each local workforce
26	26	development area compared to the state's poverty rate;
27	27	(6) [(5)] the number of children on waiting lists for
28	28	child care in each local workforce development area; [and]
29	29	(7) [(6)] the number of places that are reserved for
30	30	participants in the child care subsidy program out of the total
31	31	number of children enrolled with a provider on a full-time basis
32	32	categorized by age of the child for each provider [vacant slots
33	33	available for child care placement] in each local workforce
34	34	development area that is certified as a 2-star, 3-star, or 4-star
35	35	provider in the Texas Rising Star Program or that does not
36	36	participate in the Texas Rising Star Program;
37	37	(8) the total number of child care providers
38	38	participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local
39	39	workforce development area and the number of 2-star, 3-star, and
40	40	4-star rated child care providers in the local workforce
41	41	development area;
42	42	(9) the number of child care providers participating
43	43	in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local workforce
44	44	development area as a percentage of the total number of subsidized
45	45	child care providers in the local workforce development area and
46	46	the number of 2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated child care providers
47	47	in the local workforce development area as a percentage of the total
48	48	number of subsidized child care providers in the local workforce
49	49	development area;
50	50	(10) the total number of children enrolled in
51	51	subsidized child care providers participating in the Texas Rising
52	52	Star Program in each local workforce development area and the
53	53	number of subsidized children enrolled in 2-star, 3-star, and
54	54	4-star rated child care providers in the local workforce
55	55	development area; and
56	56	(11) the number of subsidized children enrolled in
57	57	child care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program
58	58	in each local workforce development area as a percentage of the
59	59	total number of subsidized children enrolled in child care
60	60	providers in the local workforce development area and the number of
61	61	subsidized children enrolled in 2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated
62	62	child care providers in the local workforce development area as a
63	63	percentage of the total number of subsidized children enrolled in
64	64	child care providers in the local workforce development area.
65	65	(c) For the purposes of evaluation under this section, the
66	66	commission shall annually update the information described by
67	67	Subsections (b)(6)-(11).
68	68	SECTION 2. Section 302.0043, Labor Code, is amended by
69	69	adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsections (e) and (f) to
70	70	read as follows:
71	71	(c-1) The commission shall measure and evaluate the
72	72	progress of the commission's child care program regarding:
73	73	(1) coordination by the commission with the Texas
74	74	Education Agency to assign a Public Education Information
75	75	Management System (PEIMS) number to children younger than six years
76	76	of age enrolled in the commission's child care program;
77	77	(2) coordination with the Texas Education Agency,
78	78	school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools on any
79	79	prekindergarten quality improvement efforts;
80	80	(3) efforts to increase coordination between
81	81	participating providers in the commission's child care program,
82	82	school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools;
83	83	(4) facilitation of child care provider enrollment in
84	84	the Texas Rising Star Program and progression of providers to the
85	85	highest rating level in the program; and
86	86	(5) development and implementation of rates and
87	87	payments, as determined by local workforce development boards, to:
88	88	(A) allow participating providers to provide
89	89	high quality child care; and
90	90	(B) ensure that the commission meets performance
91	91	measures established by the legislature for the average number of
92	92	children served by the commission's child care program per day.
93	93	(e) The commission shall make the information collected by
94	94	the commission and the commission's findings available to local
95	95	workforce development boards, school districts, open-enrollment
96	96	charter schools, and the public.
97	97	(f) Not later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the
98	98	commission shall report to the legislature regarding the
99	99	commission's findings regarding the effectiveness of the
100	100	commission's child care program. The report must:
101	101	(1) include employment outcome information,
102	102	disaggregated by local workforce development area, regarding
103	103	parents receiving subsidized care under the program; [and]
104	104	(2) identify multiyear trends in the information
105	105	collected and analyzed by the commission under this section,
106	106	including trends in the information for at least the five state
107	107	fiscal years preceding the date of the report; and
108	108	(3) include information described by Sections
109	109	302.0042(b)(8)-(11).
110	110	SECTION 3. Section 302.00435, Labor Code, is amended to
111	111	read as follows:
112	112	Sec. 302.00435. SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE PROGRAM; INPUT
113	113	POLICY. (a) The commission shall develop a policy for obtaining,
114	114	through appropriate methods, input from interested parties
115	115	regarding its subsidized child care program and for using that
116	116	input in administering that program.
117	117	(b) The policy developed under Subsection (a) must include
118	118	methods for obtaining input from the Texas Education Agency, school
119	119	districts, open-enrollment charter schools, subsidized child care
120	120	providers, relevant businesses, and the public, regarding:
121	121	(1) improving coordination between the subsidized
122	122	child care program and prekindergarten programs; and
123	123	(2) increasing the quality of and access to the
124	124	subsidized child care program.
125	125	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.