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Texas Labor Code - Section 302.006. Professional Child-Care Training Scholarships, Bonuses, And Wage Supplementation

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§ 302.006. PROFESSIONAL CHILD-CARE TRAINING 
SCHOLARSHIPS, BONUSES, AND WAGE SUPPLEMENTATION.  (a) The 
commission may develop and administer a program under which the 
commission awards scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each for 
professional child-care training to eligible recipients.
	(b)  A recipient may use a scholarship awarded under this 
section only to pay expenses associated with obtaining:
		(1)  Child Development Associate (CDA) national 
credentials;                
		(2)  Certified Child-Care Professional (CCP) 
credentials;  or               
		(3)  a level one certificate or associate's degree in 
the area of child development or early childhood education from a 
public or private institution of higher education.
	(c)  To be eligible to receive a scholarship awarded under 
this section, a person must:
		(1)  be employed in a child-care facility, as defined 
by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code;
		(2)  intend to obtain a credential, certificate, or 
degree specified in Subsection (b);
		(3)  agree to work for at least 18 additional months in 
a child-care facility, as defined by Section 42.002, Human 
Resources Code, that accepts federal Child Care Development Fund 
subsidies and that, at the time the person begins to fulfill the 
work requirement imposed by this subdivision, is located:
			(A)  within the attendance zone of a public school 
campus considered low-performing under Section 39.132, Education 
Code;  or
			(B)  in an economically disadvantaged community, 
as determined by the commission;  and
		(4)  satisfy any other requirements adopted by the 
commission.              
	(d)  A person may not receive more than one scholarship 
awarded under this section.
	(e)  In addition, the commission may provide for payment of a 
bonus or wage supplementation to a scholarship recipient who for 18 
months after the date of receiving the scholarship provides care 
for children younger than six years of age while remaining in the 
employment of the child-care facility that employed the person when 
the scholarship was awarded and that meets the requirements of 
Subsection (c)(3).  Any bonus or wage supplementation provided 
under this subsection shall be paid in equal shares by the 
scholarship recipient's employer and the commission.  The 
commission shall determine the amount of any bonus and the amount 
and duration of any wage supplementation provided under this 
subsection.
	(f)  The commission shall fund scholarships and any bonuses 
or wage supplementation provided under this section through federal 
Child Care Development funds or other funding sources available to 
the commission.  Total funding may not exceed $2 million per state 
biennium.
	(g)  The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement 
this section.  The rules must include provisions that:
		(1)  address the computation of the 18-month service 
requirement prescribed by Subsection (c);  and
		(2)  ensure that the commission may recover scholarship 
money from a recipient who fails to comply with that service 
requirement or any other requirement imposed by the commission.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1433, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 494, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 342, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, § 4.05, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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