HOUSE BILL 2673 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Villarreal, Mike et al. |
EFFECTIVE: 09-01-01 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Shapleigh |
Federal law requires states that receive child care and development block grant funds to set aside at least four percent of the funds for activities designed to provide comprehensive consumer education to parents, increase parental choice, and improve the quality and availability of child-care resources and referral services. House Bill 2673 amends the Labor Code to require the Texas Workforce Commission to collect state and local information relating to the effectiveness of the use of four percent quality dollars by local workforce development boards. The bill requires the commission to produce a report highlighting promising practices in expanding quality early education and to report to the legislature and other interested persons on local programs and services that show promise.