Texas Labor Code - Section 302.062. Block Grants To Local Workforce Development Areas
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§ 302.062. BLOCK GRANTS TO LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
AREAS. (a) Effective July 1, 1996, the commission shall provide to
the local workforce development areas in which local workforce
development boards have been certified and local plans approved by
the governor, through a block grant process, funds available to the
commission for workforce training and employment services, unless
superseded by federal law. Administrative costs under this
subsection may not exceed five percent of the total amount of funds
available to the commission for block grants for workforce training
and services.
(b) In the case of funds that are allocated to this state or
regions of this state through the application of established
formulas, the commission shall allocate amounts across the state
using the same formula that was used to provide the funds to the
state or that region.
(c) In the case of funds that are not allocated by formula to
this state or regions of this state, the commission shall develop a
need-based formula that will equitably allocate funds among local
workforce development areas throughout this state.
(d) Contingent on the availability of funds, in any state
fiscal biennium, the commission may not allocate to a local
workforce development area less than 90 percent or more than 125
percent of the amount received by that area during the preceding
state fiscal biennium.
(e) In each area of the state not yet designated as a local
workforce development area or that has been so designated but in
which a local workforce development board has not been certified
and a local plan approved by the governor, the executive director
shall:
(1) provide workforce training and services in that
area to the extent allowed by federal law; and
(2) specify an entity, which may be the commission,
for the performance of employment services in that area.
(f) At least 80 percent of the funds available to the
commission for workforce training and services in an area shall be
provided to the local workforce development board under Subsection
(a) or, in an area in which a local workforce development board has
not been certified and a local plan approved by the governor, to the
entity specified by the executive director under Subsection (e).
If a local workforce development board has been certified and a
local plan approved by the governor, the funds shall be provided
through the block grant process described by this section. Unless
superseded by federal law, total administrative costs for local
workforce training and services may not exceed 15 percent of the
funds allocated under this subsection, whether the training and
services are provided through a local workforce development board
or through the commission or other entity specified under
Subsection (e).
(g) Block grant funding under this section does not apply
to:
(1) the work and family policies program under Chapter
81;
(2) a program under the skills development fund
created under Chapter 303;
(3) the job counseling program for displaced
homemakers under Chapter 304;
(4) the Communities In Schools program under
Subchapter E, Chapter 33, Education Code, to the extent that funds
are available to the commission for that program;
(5) the reintegration of offenders program under
Chapter 306;
(6) apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133,
Education Code;
(7) the continuity of care program under Section
501.095, Government Code;
(8) employment programs under Chapter 31, Human
Resources Code;
(9) the senior citizens employment program under
Chapter 101, Human Resources Code;
(10) the programs described by Section 302.021(b)(2);
(11) the community service program under the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12501 et seq.);
(12) the trade adjustment assistance program under
Part 2, Subchapter II, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2271 et
seq.);
(13) the programs to enhance the employment
opportunities of veterans; and
(14) the functions of the State Occupational
Information Coordinating Committee.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, § 11.03, eff. Sept. 1,
1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 6.68, eff.
Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 489, § 5, eff. Sept. 1,
1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, § 2.118(b), eff. Sept. 1,
2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1205, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1294, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 302.043 302.044 302.045 302.046 302.047 302.048 302.061 302.062 302.063 302.064 302.065 302.081 302.082 302.083 302.084
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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