| 1 | 1 | | 88R4108 KSD-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 865 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the application for funding for certain workforce |
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| 8 | 8 | | development programs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 302.0465 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 302.0465. DIRECT FUNDING APPLICATION. (a) The |
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| 13 | 13 | | commission shall adopt a plan to allow nonprofit service providers |
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| 14 | 14 | | to apply for funding directly from the commission if the local |
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| 15 | 15 | | workforce development board is nonresponsive. A local workforce |
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| 16 | 16 | | development board is considered nonresponsive if, as determined by |
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| 17 | 17 | | the commission, the board: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) is not fulfilling the board's statutory |
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| 19 | 19 | | requirements; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) has not met at least 80 percent of the performance |
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| 21 | 21 | | standards established under this chapter and other applicable |
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| 22 | 22 | | federal and state law for two consecutive program years. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) The plan adopted under this section may include an |
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| 24 | 24 | | application for funding for: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) job training programs funded under the Workforce |
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| 26 | 26 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. Section 3101 et seq.); |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) postsecondary vocational and technical job |
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| 28 | 28 | | training programs that are not part of approved courses or programs |
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| 29 | 29 | | that lead to licensing, certification, or an associate degree under |
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| 30 | 30 | | Chapter 61, 130, or 135, Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter |
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| 31 | 31 | | 88, Education Code; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) adult education programs under Chapter 315; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (4) employment services programs; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (5) support services provided for recipients of |
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| 35 | 35 | | financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (6) employment and training programs for recipients of |
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| 37 | 37 | | supplemental nutrition assistance under Chapter 33, Human |
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| 38 | 38 | | Resources Code. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 40 | 40 | | of this Act, the Texas Workforce Commission shall adopt the rules |
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| 41 | 41 | | necessary to implement Section 302.0465, Labor Code, as added by |
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| 42 | 42 | | this Act. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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