Texas Labor Code
§ 302.005 — CHILD-CARE TRAINING CENTER PILOT PROGRAMS
LA § 302.005Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT · Part B. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT SERVICES · Ch. 302. DIVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission shall establish four pilot programs in which the division shall certify day-care facilities licensed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, as training centers that offer training and certification for recipients of public assistance in basic skills, child care, child-care vendor entrepreneurial training, and early childhood education. The commission shall determine the pilot sites, with at least one site in an urban area and at least one site in a rural area.
(b)The commission shall cooperate with the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services in the adoption of rules under this section. The commission may not adopt a rule under this section that conflicts with a rule of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
(c)The commission shall award a contract to a child-care facility to act as a training center based on:
(1)the level of training of the facility's staff; and
(2)the history of the facility in delivering high-quality care.
(d)The child-care subsidy for a person who participates in training through a pilot program and who qualifies for a subsidy for the person's child shall be paid directly to the facility. The facility may not count such a person in the facility's child-to-staff ratio.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 684, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 302.003 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(83), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, Sec. 9.01(7), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.