Honorable Angie Chen Button, Chair, House Committee on International Relations & Economic Development
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1755 by Button (Relating to the creation of the Lone Star Workforce of the Future Fund.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1755, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($360,230) through the biennium ending August 31, 2025.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2024
($180,027)
2025
($180,203)
2026
($180,381)
2027
($180,561)
2028
($180,743)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable (Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2023
2024
($180,027)
2.0
2025
($180,203)
2.0
2026
($180,381)
2.0
2027
($180,561)
2.0
2028
($180,743)
2.0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to establish and administer the Lone Star Workforce of the Future Fund.This program is funded through legislative appropriations, interest earned, gifts, grants, and donations. The Lone Star Workforce of the Future Fund would provide for grants up to $15,000 per participant to eligible entities to coordinate and deliver workforce training programs in specific industry sectors.
The Lone Star Workforce of the Future Fund grant program would provide grants to eligible public junior colleges, public technical institutes, and nonprofit organizations. Primary eligibility requirements would include demonstrated success at delivering impactful workforce training, demonstrate successful outcomes, assist with employment placement, and attract at least 40% of necessary funding through sources other than government, philanthropy, or earned revenue, and agree to other collaboration and engagement requirements.
Methodology
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) anticipates and this estimate assumes that the Lone Star Workforce of the Future grant program would operate similarly to the Skills Development Fund, Job and Education for Texans (JET) program, and the Self-Sufficiency Fund and would have similar agency administrative and workload requirements. Based on this assumption and analysis of TWC, the full-time equivalent (FTE) requirements for the agency would include 1.0 Program Specialist IV and 1.0 Grant Specialist III. The FTEs would perform daily tasks including, but not limited to, program management and administration, organizing the functions of the program's advisory board, rule promulgation, and contract management.
The identified 2.0 FTEs would have a salary and wages cost of $59,473 per FTE each fiscal year in General Revenue and an estimated cost of $18,038 per FTE each fiscal year for employee benefits. Additionally, the total cost for other operating expenses for all FTEs is $25,004 per fiscal year in General Revenue.
The bill would establish a new General Revenue-dedicated account specifically for the Lone Star Workforce of the Future Fund. This legislation would do one or more of the following: create or recreate a dedicated account in the General Revenue Fund, create or recreate a special or trust fund either in, with, or outside the Treasury, or create a dedicated revenue source. The fund, account, or revenue dedication included in this bill would be subject to funds consolidation review by the current Legislature.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 320 Texas Workforce Commission