JJG C.S.H.B. 2926 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT C.S.H.B. 2926 By: Coleman 4-20-97 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND HB 1863, 74th Legislature created the Texas Workforce Commission to consolidate job training programs for welfare recipients into one agency. The bill also created local workforce development boards to administer, at the local level, all federal and state funds pertaining to job training and all block grant funds pertaining to child care. Concerns have been raised about whether or not the local boards are prepared to take on the responsibilities of administering all of the complex funding streams for child care and maintaining high standards of care for Texas children. PURPOSE HB 2926 addresses the need for the boards to receive training that includes child care issues specifically. The bill also prohibits the Texas Workforce Commission from disbursing child care services funding to a local workforce development board until the board has been trained on child care issues. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1.Amends Sec. 302.043, Labor Code, to include management of child care funding sources, vendor management, client eligibility, and child development as part of required training for local workforce development boards. Training shall also encourage board members to be advocates for quality child care. SECTION 2.Amends Sec. 302.062, Labor Code, by adding subsection (h) prohibit the Texas Workforce Commission from allocating money to a local workforce development board under Chapter 44, Human Resources Code, until the board has received training under Sec. 302.043, Labor Code. SECTION 3.Effective date. SECTION 4.Emergency clause. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE In SECTION 1, CSHB 2926 more specifically outlines the issues within child care services, by adding vendor management, client eligibility, and child development, for which local workforce development board members must be trained. Additionally, CSHB 2926 states that training should encourage board members to advocate for quality child care because of its importance to workforce development, rather simply advocating for improving child care quality. In SECTION 2, CSHB 2926 prohibits the Texas Workforce Commission from granting money to local workforce development boards for child care until training has occurred. HB 2962 stated that local workforce boards must be trained before receiving funding for child care services.