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1	1	By: Talarico H.B. No. 3173
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to certain planning, notification, and evaluation
9	9	requirements with respect to workforce development programs in this
10	10	state.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 2308.304, Government Code, is amended by
13	13	adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
14	14	(c-1) In establishing goals, objectives, and performance
15	15	measures for segments of the population under Subsection (c), the
16	16	plan must establish specific goals, objectives, and performance
17	17	measures for individuals who are at least 16 years of age but
18	18	younger than 25 years of age.
19	19	SECTION 2. Chapter 2308, Government Code, is amended by
20	20	adding Subchapter H to read as follows:
21	21	SUBCHAPTER H. DUTIES OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO LOCAL WORKFORCE
22	22	DEVELOPMENT BOARDS AND DIVISION
23	23	Sec. 2308.351. NOTICE OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVE. (a) In this
24	24	section:
25	25	(1) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce
26	26	Commission.
27	27	(2) "Financial incentive" means a financial benefit,
28	28	including a grant, loan, or tax preference, or a combination of
29	29	those benefits, offered by a governmental entity to any person.
30	30	(3) "Governmental entity" means a state agency or
31	31	political subdivision of this state, including a municipality or
32	32	county.
33	33	(b) A governmental entity that provides a financial
34	34	incentive that results in the creation of at least 100 estimated new
35	35	employment opportunities shall, not later than the 30th day after
36	36	the date the governmental entity approves the financial incentive,
37	37	notify the commission and any local workforce development board
38	38	operating in a workforce development area where the financial
39	39	incentive is distributed of the plan to distribute the financial
40	40	incentive.
41	41	(c) The notice required by Subsection (b) must include:
42	42	(1) the estimated number of new employment
43	43	opportunities the financial incentive will create;
44	44	(2) the estimated start date for each new employment
45	45	opportunity created by the financial incentive; and
46	46	(3) a description of the skills and training necessary
47	47	for applicants for each new employment opportunity created by the
48	48	financial incentive.
49	49	SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
50	50	amended by adding Section 302.087 to read as follows:
51	51	Sec. 302.087. EVALUATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
52	52	ACTIVITIES. (a) The commission shall annually evaluate:
53	53	(1) the effectiveness of the commission's workforce
54	54	development program; and
55	55	(2) the best practices for allocating workforce
56	56	development funds to and by local workforce development boards to:
57	57	(A) meet the current and projected workforce
58	58	needs of employers in workforce development areas; and
59	59	(B) provide workforce development services to
60	60	individuals who are at least 16 years of age but younger than 25
61	61	years of age.
62	62	(b) The evaluation under Subsection (a) must include:
63	63	(1) a calculation of the respective percentages of
64	64	workforce funds spent annually on efforts to:
65	65	(A) increase employment among individuals who
66	66	are at least 16 years of age but younger than 25 years of age;
67	67	(B) reenroll individuals who have dropped out of
68	68	a public or open-enrollment charter school and who are at least 16
69	69	years of age but younger than 25 years of age; and
70	70	(C) facilitate the participation of individuals
71	71	who are at least 16 years of age but less than 25 years of age in
72	72	postsecondary education, technical education, or the military;
73	73	(2) the respective numbers of individuals who are at
74	74	least 16 years of age but younger than 25 years of age who:
75	75	(A) have dropped out of a public or
76	76	open-enrollment charter school and are assisted in reenrollment
77	77	with workforce funds; and
78	78	(B) receive assistance in participating in
79	79	postsecondary education, technical education, or the military;
80	80	(3) for each local workforce development area:
81	81	(A) the respective numbers of individuals who are
82	82	at least 16 years of age but younger than 25 years of age who:
83	83	(i) are eligible for workforce development
84	84	services; and
85	85	(ii) annually receive workforce
86	86	development services, including the number receiving assistance in
87	87	enrolling in high school, a high school equivalency program, an
88	88	apprenticeship program, an institution of higher education, a
89	89	technical school, or the military; and
90	90	(B) the total number of workforce development
91	91	service providers actively serving individuals who are at least 16
92	92	years of age but younger than 25 years of age in the area;
93	93	(4) for each local workforce development board, an
94	94	assessment of the board's current use of workforce funds to
95	95	determine and meet the current and projected workforce needs of
96	96	employers in the workforce development area;
97	97	(5) examples of efforts to reach individuals who are
98	98	at least 16 years of age but less than 25 years of age in which the
99	99	commission and local workforce development boards coordinated with
100	100	each of the following respective entities:
101	101	(A) the Texas Education Agency, school
102	102	districts, or open-enrollment charter schools;
103	103	(B) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
104	104	Board or institutions of higher education; and
105	105	(C) the Department of Family and Protective
106	106	Services; and
107	107	(6) examples of efforts to meet current and projected
108	108	workforce needs in which the commission and local workforce
109	109	development boards coordinated with each of the following
110	110	respective entities:
111	111	(A) private employers or other members of the
112	112	business community; and
113	113	(B) workforce development service providers.
114	114	(c) The commission shall make the evaluation conducted
115	115	under Subsection (a), any information collected in the course of
116	116	conducting the evaluation, and any findings of the commission
117	117	arising from the evaluation readily available to local workforce
118	118	development boards, employers, institutions of higher education,
119	119	school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and the public.
120	120	(d) Not later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the
121	121	commission shall make a report to the legislature detailing the
122	122	commission's findings on the effectiveness of the commission's
123	123	workforce development program. The report must include:
124	124	(1) the information described by Subsection (b);
125	125	(2) employment outcome information for individuals
126	126	who are at least 16 years of age but less than 25 years of age,
127	127	disaggregated by local workforce development area;
128	128	(3) an analysis of multiyear trends identifiable from
129	129	the information contained in the evaluation conducted under
130	130	Subsection (a), including any identifiable trends that show
131	131	positive impacts of workforce development programs on workforce
132	132	participation of individuals who are at least 16 years of age but
133	133	less than 25 years of age; and
134	134	(4) the commission's recommendation for legislative or
135	135	regulatory action, including recommendations for regulatory action
136	136	by other governmental entities.
137	137	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.