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Texas Labor Code - Section 302.0043. Evaluation Of Effectiveness Of Subsidized Child Care Program

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§ 302.0043. EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF SUBSIDIZED 
CHILD CARE PROGRAM.  (a) To evaluate the effectiveness of the 
commission's child care program in helping parents who receive 
subsidized child care to maintain employment, the commission shall 
compile, regarding each parent receiving subsidized child care from 
the commission's child care program, the following information 
regarding the wage and employment status of the parent:
		(1)  if the parent receives both financial assistance 
under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, and subsidized child care, 
whether the parent:
			(A)  finds employment;  and                                                  
			(B)  maintains the parent's employment after one 
year;                     
		(2)  if the parent receives only subsidized child care, 
whether the parent: 
			(A)  maintains the parent's employment;  and                                 
			(B)  experiences a change in the parent's earnings 
after one year of employment;  and
		(3)  if the parent leaves the child care program:                             
			(A)  the parent's reason for leaving the program;  
and                     
			(B)  whether the parent returns to financial 
assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, or becomes a 
recipient of financial assistance under that chapter for the first 
time.
	(b)  The commission may use the wage and employment records 
of the parents to determine the employment outcome of the parents.
	(c)  The commission shall also measure and evaluate the 
effectiveness of the commission's child care program in:
		(1)  improving the training of child care 
professionals;  and               
		(2)  facilitating collaboration with Head Start, the 
Texas Education Agency, the Department of Protective and Regulatory 
Services, and the Health and Human Services Commission.
	(d)  The commission shall periodically analyze the 
information collected by the commission under this section and 
shall compile its findings regarding the effectiveness of the 
commission's child care program.
	(e)  The commission shall make the information collected by 
the commission and the commission's findings available to local 
workforce development boards.
	(f)  Not later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the 
commission shall report to the legislature regarding the 
commission's findings regarding the effectiveness of the 
commission's child care program.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, § 4.06, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.      

Last modified: August 10, 2007