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1	2		By: Blanco S.B. No. 1143
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed February 6, 2025; February 24, 2025,
3		-	read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development;
4		-	April 16, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5		-	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 16, 2025,
6		-	sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
8		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1143 By: Sparks
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13	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
14	8		AN ACT
15	9		relating to certain planning, notification, and evaluation
16		-	requirements with respect to ~~certain~~ workforce development
17		-	~~programs in this~~ state.
	10	+	requirements with respect to workforce development programs in this
	11	+	state.
18	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
19	13		SECTION 1. Section 2308.304, Government Code, is amended by
20	14		adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
21	15		(c-1) In establishing goals, objectives, and performance
22	16		measures for segments of the population under Subsection (c), the
23	17		plan must establish specific goals, objectives, and performance
24		-	measures for individuals who are at least 14 years of age but
	18	+	measures for individuals who are at least 16 years of age but
25	19		younger than 25 years of age.
26	20		SECTION 2. Chapter 2308, Government Code, is amended by
27	21		adding Subchapter H to read as follows:
28	22		SUBCHAPTER H. DUTIES OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO LOCAL WORKFORCE
29	23		DEVELOPMENT BOARDS AND DIVISION
30	24		Sec. 2308.351. NOTICE OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVE. (a) In this
31	25		section:
32	26		(1) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce
33	27		Commission.
34	28		(2) "Financial incentive" means a financial benefit,
35	29		including a grant, loan, or tax preference, or a combination of
36	30		those benefits, offered by a governmental entity to any person.
37	31		(3) "Governmental entity" means a state agency or
38	32		political subdivision of this state, including a municipality or
39	33		county.
40	34		(b) A governmental entity that provides a financial
41	35		incentive that results in the creation of at least 100 estimated new
42	36		employment opportunities shall, not later than the 30th day after
43	37		the date the governmental entity approves the financial incentive,
44	38		notify the commission and any local workforce development board
45	39		operating in a workforce development area where the financial
46	40		incentive is distributed of the plan to distribute the financial
47	41		incentive.
48	42		(c) The notice required by Subsection (b) must include:
49	43		(1) the estimated number of new employment
50	44		opportunities the financial incentive will create;
51	45		(2) the estimated start date for each new employment
52	46		opportunity created by the financial incentive; and
53	47		(3) a description of the skills and training necessary
54	48		for applicants for each new employment opportunity created by the
55	49		financial incentive.
56	50		SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
57	51		amended by adding Section 302.087 to read as follows:
58	52		Sec. 302.087. EVALUATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
59		-	ACTIVITIES. (a) In this section, "federally funded youth program"
60		-	means a youth workforce development program funded under Title I of
61		-	the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. Section
62		-	3101 et seq.).
63		-	(b) The commission shall annually evaluate:
64		-	(1) the effectiveness of the commission's federally
65		-	funded youth programs; and
66		-	(2) the best practices for local workforce development
67		-	boards to:
	53	+	ACTIVITIES. (a) The commission shall annually evaluate:
	54	+	(1) the effectiveness of the commission's workforce
	55	+	development program; and
	56	+	(2) the best practices for allocating workforce
	57	+	development funds to and by local workforce development boards to:
68	58		(A) meet the current and projected workforce
69	59		needs of employers in workforce development areas; and
70	60		(B) provide workforce development services to
71		-	individuals who are at least 14 years of age but younger than 25
	61	+	individuals who are at least 16 years of age but younger than 25
72	62		years of age.
73		-	(c) The evaluation under Subsection (b) must include:
74		-	(1) a calculation of the total percentage of workforce
75		-	funds spent annually through the commission's federally funded
76		-	youth programs on efforts to:
	63	+	(b) The evaluation under Subsection (a) must include:
	64	+	(1) a calculation of the respective percentages of
	65	+	workforce funds spent annually on efforts to:
77	66		(A) increase employment among individuals who
78		-	are at least 14 years of age but younger than 25 years of age;
	67	+	are at least 16 years of age but younger than 25 years of age;
79	68		(B) reenroll individuals who have dropped out of
80		-	a public or open-enrollment charter school and who are at least 14
	69	+	a public or open-enrollment charter school and who are at least 16
81	70		years of age but younger than 25 years of age; and
82	71		(C) facilitate the participation of individuals
83		-	who are at least 14 years of age but ~~younger~~ than 25 years of age in
	72	+	who are at least 16 years of age but less than 25 years of age in
84	73		postsecondary education, technical education, or the military;
85	74		(2) the respective numbers of individuals who are at
86		-	least 14 years of age but younger than 25 years of age who:
	75	+	least 16 years of age but younger than 25 years of age who:
87	76		(A) have dropped out of a public or
88	77		open-enrollment charter school and are assisted in reenrollment
89	78		with workforce funds; and
90	79		(B) receive assistance in participating in
91	80		postsecondary education, technical education, or the military;
92	81		(3) for each local workforce development area:
93	82		(A) the respective numbers of individuals who are
94		-	at least 14 years of age but younger than 25 years of age who:
	83	+	at least 16 years of age but younger than 25 years of age who:
95	84		(i) are eligible for workforce development
96	85		services; and
97	86		(ii) annually receive workforce
98	87		development services, including the number receiving assistance in
99	88		enrolling in high school, a high school equivalency program, an
100	89		apprenticeship program, an institution of higher education, a
101	90		technical school, or the military; and
102	91		(B) the total number of workforce development
103		-	service providers actively serving individuals who are at least 14
104		-	years of age but younger than 25 years of age in the area through the
105		-	commission's federally funded youth programs;
	92	+	service providers actively serving individuals who are at least 16
	93	+	years of age but younger than 25 years of age in the area;
106	94		(4) for each local workforce development board, an
107	95		assessment of the board's current use of workforce funds to
108	96		determine and meet the current and projected workforce needs of
109	97		employers in the workforce development area;
110	98		(5) examples of efforts to reach individuals who are
111		-	at least 14 years of age but ~~younger~~ than 25 years of age in which
112		-	~~the~~ commission and local workforce development boards coordinated
113		-	~~with~~ each of the following respective entities:
	99	+	at least 16 years of age but less than 25 years of age in which the
	100	+	commission and local workforce development boards coordinated with
	101	+	each of the following respective entities:
114	102		(A) the Texas Education Agency, school
115	103		districts, or open-enrollment charter schools;
116	104		(B) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
117	105		Board or institutions of higher education; and
118	106		(C) the Department of Family and Protective
119	107		Services; and
120	108		(6) examples of efforts to meet current and projected
121	109		workforce needs in which the commission and local workforce
122	110		development boards coordinated with each of the following
123	111		respective entities:
124	112		(A) private employers or other members of the
125	113		business community; and
126	114		(B) workforce development service providers.
127		-	(d) The commission shall make the evaluation conducted
128		-	under Subsection (b), any information collected in the course of
	115	+	(c) The commission shall make the evaluation conducted
	116	+	under Subsection (a), any information collected in the course of
129	117		conducting the evaluation, and any findings of the commission
130	118		arising from the evaluation readily available to local workforce
131	119		development boards, employers, institutions of higher education,
132	120		school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and the public.
133		-	(e) Not later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the
	121	+	(d) Not later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the
134	122		commission shall make a report to the legislature detailing the
135	123		commission's findings on the effectiveness of the commission's
136		-	~~federally funded youth programs~~. The report must include:
137		-	(1) the information described by Subsection (c);
	124	+	workforce development program. The report must include:
	125	+	(1) the information described by Subsection (b);
138	126		(2) employment outcome information for individuals
139		-	who are at least 14 years of age but ~~younger~~ than 25 years of age,
	127	+	who are at least 16 years of age but less than 25 years of age,
140	128		disaggregated by local workforce development area;
141	129		(3) an analysis of multiyear trends identifiable from
142	130		the information contained in the evaluation conducted under
143		-	Subsection (b), including any identifiable trends that show
144		-	positive impacts of ~~the commission's federally funded youth~~
145		-	~~programs on workforce~~ participation of individuals who are at least
146		-	~~14 years of age but younger~~ than 25 years of age; and
	131	+	Subsection (a), including any identifiable trends that show
	132	+	positive impacts of workforce development programs on workforce
	133	+	participation of individuals who are at least 16 years of age but
	134	+	less than 25 years of age; and
147	135		(4) the commission's recommendation for legislative or
148	136		regulatory action, including recommendations for regulatory action
149	137		by other governmental entities.
150	138		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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