Texas Labor Code - Section 302.021. Consolidation Of Workforce Development Programs
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§ 302.021. CONSOLIDATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS. (a) The following job-training, employment, and
employment-related educational programs and functions are
consolidated under the authority of the commission:
(1) career school and college programs under Chapter
132, Education Code;
(2) apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133,
Education Code;
(3) postsecondary vocational and technical
job-training programs that are not a part of approved courses or
programs that lead to licensing, certification, or an associate
degree under Chapters 61, 130, and 135, Education Code, Subchapter
E, Chapter 88, Education Code, and Subchapter E, Chapter 96,
Education Code;
(4) employment programs under Chapter 31, Human
Resources Code;
(5) the senior citizens employment program under
Chapter 101, Human Resources Code;
(6) the work and family policies program under Chapter
81;
(7) job-training programs funded under the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 et seq.);
(8) the job counseling program for displaced
homemakers under Chapter 304;
(9) the reintegration of offenders program under
Chapter 306;
(10) the inmate employment counseling program;
(11) the continuity of care program under Section
501.095, Government Code;
(12) a literacy program from state, local, federal,
and private funds available to the state for that purpose;
(13) the employment service;
(14) [Blank];
(15) the trade adjustment assistance program under
Part 2, Subchapter II, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2271 et
seq.);
(16) education, employment, employment support,
training services, activities and programs funded under Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (42 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.);
(17) the food stamp employment and training program
authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(d); and
(18) the functions of the State Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee.
(b) In addition to the programs consolidated under the
authority of the commission under Subsection (a), the commission
shall administer:
(1) child-care services provided under Chapter 44,
Human Resources Code; and
(2) programs established in this state through federal
funding to conduct full service career development centers and
school-to-work transition services.
(c) To the extent permitted under federal law, the
commission shall administer the programs funded through the
education coordination funds under Section 123, Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. Section 1533).
(d) To the extent permitted under federal law, the
commission shall promote and monitor services provided to persons
with disabilities, including persons referred from the Texas
Rehabilitation Commission.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, § 11.03, eff. Sept. 1,
1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 6.67, eff.
Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 393, § 24, eff. Sept. 1,
1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 489, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 110, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts
2003, 78th Leg., ch. 656, § 1, eff. June 20, 2003; Acts 2003,
78th Leg., ch. 817, § 5.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2005, 79th
Leg., ch. 1294, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 302.008 302.009 302.010 302.011 302.012 302.013 302.014 302.021 302.022 302.023 302.041 302.042 302.043 302.044 302.045
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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