Texas Labor Code - Section 302.0055. Pilot Program
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§ 302.0055. PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall
establish a pilot program to assist teachers in retaining
employment in the field of child care. In establishing and
administering the program, the commission may consult with
nationally recognized early childhood teacher pilot programs.
(b) The commission shall operate the pilot program in at
least three locations throughout the state, one of which must be an
urban community, one of which must be a rural community, and one of
which must be a community in the region of the state that borders
the United Mexican States.
(c) To be eligible to participate in the pilot program, a
teacher must be employed in a child-care program that has a provider
agreement with a local workforce development board to serve
families that receive subsidized child-care services.
(d) At each location in which the pilot program is operated,
the pilot program, at a minimum, shall:
(1) provide coordination between the commission and
the appropriate local workforce development board;
(2) obtain incremental increases in financial and
other support from public and private sources;
(3) address the following issues with respect to each
participating child-care teacher:
(A) scholarships;
(B) education;
(C) compensation; and
(D) retention;
(4) obtain a financial commitment from participating
employers to provide graduated increases in compensation to the
employers' child-care teachers; and
(5) participate in the evaluation of the pilot program
as determined by the commission.
(e) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission
shall submit a report to the governor and the legislature regarding
the status and results of the pilot program.
(f) This section expires September 1, 2005.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 617, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 434, § 1, 2, eff. June 20,
2003.
Section: 302.0041 302.0042 302.0043 302.0044 302.0045 302.0046 302.005 302.0055 302.006 302.007 302.008 302.009 302.010 302.011 302.012
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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