Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 213 amends the Labor Code to direct the Texas Workforce Commission to establish four pilot programs, with at least one site in an urban area and one in a rural area, in which the commission shall certify licensed day-care facilities as training centers to teach the child-care profession to qualifying welfare recipients with a high school diploma or its equivalent and a long-term interest in early childhood education. The act establishes standards for a facility to qualify as a training center, establishes obligations of the facility to the trainee, and specifies the duration of the training, supplemental training, and other activities that the commission may fund.