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Texas Labor Code - Section 302.005. Child-Care Training Center Pilot Programs

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§ 302.005. CHILD-CARE TRAINING CENTER PILOT 
PROGRAMS.  (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.
	(e)  A person who is a recipient of financial assistance 
under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, may qualify to participate 
in training through a pilot program by applying to the commission 
and:
		(1)  providing proof of possession of a high school 
diploma or the equivalent or enrollment in a program leading to a 
high school diploma or the equivalent;
		(2)  demonstrating possession of general skills and 
competence, as determined by commission rule;  and
		(3)  demonstrating, to the satisfaction of the 
commission, a long-term commitment to the early childhood care 
profession.
	(f)  Funding for a person who participates in training 
through a pilot program shall be provided through a work supplement 
program for 12 months.  The commission may provide additional 
funding for the person to participate in training through the pilot 
program for an additional 12 months.
	(g)  The commission may also provide funding for a person who 
participates in training through a pilot program to:
		(1)  complete the person's Child Development Associate 
national credential, Certified Child-Care Professional Credential, 
or other child-care certification, as determined by the commission;
		(2)  participate in ongoing interactive training;  and                        
		(3)  provide start-up grants and loans to establish the 
person's own child-care business.
	(h)  A facility that provides training through a pilot 
program shall maintain a mentor relationship with each person who 
participates in training through the program at the facility.  A 
person who participates in training at a facility may be required to 
participate in additional training programs after the date the 
person completes the pilot program.
	(i)  The child of a person who participates in training 
through a pilot program is entitled to the same discounted rate for 
child-care services at the facility in which the person is 
participating in training that the facility offers to the 
facility's employees.  The child-care subsidy provided for the 
person's child shall be paid to the facility in which the person is 
participating in training at the rate that the facility offers to 
the facility's employees.  The money saved by the commission under 
this subsection may be used by the commission to administer the 
pilot program established under this section.
	(j)  The commission shall adopt rules that establish 
eligibility criteria for a facility to participate in a pilot 
program and provide requirements for implementation of the pilot 
program.
	(k)  Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, § 9.01(7).                  
	(l)  In this section, "work supplement program" means a 
program under which the state reserves all or part of the amounts 
that would be payable as benefits to welfare recipients and uses 
those amounts to provide and subsidize jobs for the recipients.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 684, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  
Renumbered from § 302.003 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 
19.01(83), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 
817, § 9.01(7), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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