88R5772 KSD-F
By: Ordaz H.B. No. 1703
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the workforce development evaluation system
administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 302.001, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as
follows:
(1) "Career education and training program" has the
meaning assigned by Section 2308A.001, Government Code.
(1-a) "Director" means the director of the division.
SECTION 2. Section 302.081(a), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The commission shall maintain and operate an automated
follow-up and evaluation system derived from appropriate available
information, including:
(1) unemployment insurance wage records maintained by
the commission; and
(2) student follow-up information available through
the Texas Education Agency and Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board.
SECTION 3. Sections 302.082(b) and (c), Labor Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) Evaluation data in the system must include the following
information disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, income, and
location:
(1) placement rates;
(2) wages paid;
(3) retention in employment statistics;
(4) the number of education and training-related
placements; [and]
(5) data regarding the attainment of employment paying
a self-sufficient wage, as determined under Section 2308A.012,
Government Code, following completion of a career education and
training program; and
(6) other appropriate factors, including public
welfare dependency and the pursuit of additional education.
(c) The commission may develop a method for collecting
occupational information to supplement wage record information
collected by the commission under Section 204.0025. The commission
may request employers, providers, and other appropriate sources to
provide placement, employment, and earnings information to the
commission.
SECTION 4. Section 302.083, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (c) to
read as follows:
(a) At least annually, the commission shall issue an
analysis, by occupation and by the provider of the job placement
performance, of each career education and training [workforce
development] program for the previous one-year, three-year, and
five-year periods to:
(1) each provider of workforce education or workforce
training and services;
(2) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for
each provider of workforce education approved and administered by
the coordinating board;
(3) each local workforce development board for each
provider of workforce training and services in the workforce
development area; and
(4) the division.
(a-1) An analysis issued under Subsection (a) must include:
(1) analysis regarding the attainment of employment
paying a self-sufficient wage, as determined under Section
2308A.012, Government Code, following completion of a career
education and training program; and
(2) detailed information on the services provided with
each offered program.
(c) The commission may share individual-level outcome
information resulting from an analysis issued under Subsection (a)
with state agencies represented on the council through secure means
that may be accessed only by authorized employees of those
agencies.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.