Texas Labor Code
§ 302.062 — BLOCK GRANTS TO LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREAS
LA § 302.062Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT · Part B. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT SERVICES · Ch. 302. DIVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT · Art. D. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS; BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
Statute text
View on source(a)Effective July 1, 1996, the commission shall provide to the local workforce development areas in which local workforce development boards have been certified and local plans approved by the governor, through a block grant process, funds available to the commission for workforce training and employment services, unless superseded by federal law. Administrative costs under this subsection may not exceed five percent of the total amount of funds available to the commission for block grants for workforce training and services.
(b)In the case of funds that are allocated to this state or regions of this state through the application of established formulas, the commission shall allocate amounts across the state using the same formula that was used to provide the funds to the state or that region.
(c)In the case of funds that are not allocated by formula to this state or regions of this state, the commission shall develop a need-based formula that will equitably allocate funds among local workforce development areas throughout this state.
(d)Contingent on the availability of funds, in any state fiscal biennium, the commission may not allocate to a local workforce development area less than 90 percent or more than 125 percent of the amount received by that area during the preceding state fiscal biennium.
(e)In each area of the state not yet designated as a local workforce development area or that has been so designated but in which a local workforce development board has not been certified and a local plan approved by the governor, the executive director shall:
(1)provide workforce training and services in that area to the extent allowed by federal law; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1294 (H.B. 2604), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 73 (S.B. 307), Sec. 1.03, eff. September 1, 2013.