Texas Labor Code
§ 302.0461 — CHILD CARE PROVIDER CONTRACT AGREEMENTS
LA § 302.0461Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT · Part B. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT SERVICES · Ch. 302. DIVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT · Art. C. STATE-LOCAL PLANNING; LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS
Statute text
View on source(a)A local workforce development board may contract with child care providers operating in the board's area to provide subsidized child care services. The local workforce development board shall determine the number of places that the board reserves in the contract with a child care provider participating in the commission's subsidized child care program.
(b)To be eligible for a contract under Subsection (a), a child care provider must:
(1)be a Texas Rising Star Program provider with a three-star rating or higher; and
(2)meet one of the following priorities of the commission:
(A)be located in:
(i)an area where the number of children younger than six years of age who have working parents is at least three times greater than the capacity of licensed child care providers in the area; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1031 (H.B. 2607), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.