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Texas Labor Code - Section 302.048. Assessment Of Local Workforce Development Board's Capacity To Oversee And Manage Local Funds And Delivery Of Services

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§ 302.048. ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
BOARD'S CAPACITY TO OVERSEE AND MANAGE LOCAL FUNDS AND DELIVERY OF 
SERVICES.  (a) In consultation with local workforce development 
boards, the commission by rule shall establish criteria to be used 
by the commission to evaluate each local workforce development 
board's overall capacity to oversee and manage local funds and the 
delivery of local workforce services.
	(b)  The criteria established under Subsection (a) must 
address a local workforce development board's ability to:
		(1)  develop, maintain, and upgrade comprehensive 
fiscal management systems;
		(2)  hire, train, and retain qualified staff to carry 
out the board's oversight activities;
		(3)  select and oversee local contractors to improve 
the delivery of workforce services;
		(4)  oversee and improve the operations of local career 
development centers in the area served by the board;
		(5)  manage the contractors' performance across 
multiple board programs;  and
		(6)  identify and resolve long-standing oversight 
problems of the board and performance problems of contract 
providers.
	(c)  Based on the criteria prescribed under this section, the 
commission shall develop performance measures to be used by the 
commission to evaluate each local workforce development board.
	(d)  The commission shall post the results of the 
commission's evaluation of each local workforce development board 
on the commission's Internet website in a format that is readily 
accessible to and understandable by a member of the public.
	(e)  The commission annually shall compile information 
provided to the commission by local workforce development boards 
that aggregates existing performance measure data on each local 
career development center in a consistent format demonstrating 
overall performance across multiple programs.
	(f)  The commission shall post the information compiled by 
the commission under Subsection (e) on the commission's Internet 
website in a format that is readily accessible to and 
understandable by a member of the public.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, § 4.07, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.      

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