Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R9687 MM-F
2	2	By: Lucio S.B. No. 2087
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Workforce Commission
8	8	and local workforce development boards regarding the provision of
9	9	child care and the subsidized child care program.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 2308.3155, Government Code, is amended
12	12	by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
13	13	follows:
14	14	(a) The Texas Rising Star Program is a [voluntary,]
15	15	quality-based child care rating system of child care providers
16	16	participating in the commission's subsidized child care program.
17	17	(b-1) The rating system adopted under Subsection (b) must
18	18	include an entry level rating for child care providers and a maximum
19	19	length of time a provider may participate at the entry level rating.
20	20	To qualify for the entry level rating a child care provider must
21	21	meet the minimum quality standards that qualify the provider to
22	22	receive technical assistance and support under the Texas Rising
23	23	Star Program. A provider participating at the entry level rating is
24	24	not eligible for increased reimbursement rates.
25	25	SECTION 2. Sections 302.0042(b) and (c), Labor Code, are
26	26	amended to read as follows:
27	27	(b) The commission's evaluation must assess:
28	28	(1) the use of current federal child care funds by each
29	29	local workforce development board;
30	30	(2) the ability of each local workforce development
31	31	board to meet child care performance measures;
32	32	(3) the average cost of child care in each local
33	33	workforce development area;
34	34	(4) the average monthly price charged by child care
35	35	providers for full-day child care in each local workforce
36	36	development area as stated in the market rate survey conducted
37	37	under 45 C.F.R. Section 98.45(c);
38	38	(5) the average monthly price charged by quality child
39	39	care providers for full-day child care in each local workforce
40	40	development area;
41	41	(6) the poverty rate of each local workforce
42	42	development area compared to the state's poverty rate;
43	43	(7) the number of children on waiting lists for child
44	44	care in each local workforce development area;
45	45	(8) the number of places that are reserved by each
46	46	local workforce development board in contracts authorized under
47	47	Section 302.0461 for participants in the child-care subsidy program
48	48	out of the total number of children enrolled with a provider on a
49	49	full-time basis categorized by age of the child for each provider in
50	50	each local workforce development area that is certified as a
51	51	2-star, 3-star, or 4-star provider in the Texas Rising Star Program
52	52	or that does not participate in the Texas Rising Star Program;
53	53	(9) the total number of child care providers
54	54	participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local
55	55	workforce development area and the number of 2-star, 3-star, and
56	56	4-star rated child care providers in the local workforce
57	57	development area;
58	58	(10) the number of child care providers participating
59	59	in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local workforce
60	60	development area as a percentage of the total number of both
61	61	subsidized child care providers and all child care providers in the
62	62	local workforce development area;
63	63	(11) the number of 2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated
64	64	child care providers in the local workforce development area as a
65	65	percentage of the total number of both subsidized child care
66	66	providers and all child care providers in the local workforce
67	67	development area;
68	68	(12) the total number of children enrolled in
69	69	subsidized child care providers participating in the Texas Rising
70	70	Star Program in each local workforce development area and the
71	71	number of subsidized children enrolled in 2-star, 3-star, and
72	72	4-star rated child care providers in the local workforce
73	73	development area; [and]
74	74	(13) the number of subsidized children enrolled in
75	75	child care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program
76	76	in each local workforce development area as a percentage of the
77	77	total number of subsidized children enrolled in child care
78	78	providers in the local workforce development area and the number of
79	79	subsidized children enrolled in 2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated
80	80	child care providers in the local workforce development area as a
81	81	percentage of the total number of subsidized children enrolled in
82	82	child care providers in the local workforce development area; and
83	83	(14) the number of 3-star and 4-star rated child care
84	84	providers participating in partnerships with public school
85	85	districts and public charter schools based on data provided by the
86	86	Texas Education Agency, as necessary.
87	87	(c) For the purposes of evaluation under this section, the
88	88	commission shall annually update the information described by
89	89	Subsections (b)(7)-(14) [(b)(7)-(13)].
90	90	SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
91	91	amended by adding Section 302.00436 to read as follows:
92	92	Sec. 302.00436. SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE PROGRAM: INFORMATION
93	93	FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Each local workforce development board shall
94	94	inform the local school districts and open-enrollment charter
95	95	schools in the workforce development area regarding opportunities
96	96	to partner with child-care providers in the board's area to expand
97	97	access to and provide facilities for prekindergarten programs.
98	98	SECTION 4. Section 302.0461, Labor Code, is amended by
99	99	amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
100	100	follows:
101	101	(d) The commission shall determine the information that
102	102	must be included in the report required by Subsection (c). A local
103	103	workforce development board shall update the report required by
104	104	Subsection (c) every 12 [six] months from the date the board submits
105	105	its initial report to the commission.
106	106	(e) A local workforce development board may allow a child
107	107	care provider with whom the board contracts under Subsection (a) to
108	108	identify and refer to the board children who could be eligible for
109	109	subsidized child care services. In making a referral under this
110	110	subsection, the child care provider shall consider whether the
111	111	child or the child's parent is a member of a group entitled to a
112	112	priority in the provision of services provided by or in cooperation
113	113	with the commission, including a priority described by Section
114	114	302.152 of this code or Section 264.121(a)(3), Family Code.
115	115	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.