By Deshotel H.B. No. 2712 77R7169 JMM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the establishment of a pilot program by the Texas 1-3 Workforce Commission for life-skills training. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 301.0673 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 301.0673. PILOT PROGRAM: LIFE-SKILLS TRAINING. (a) 1-8 The commission by rule shall establish and implement a pilot 1-9 program under which the commission shall provide competitive grants 1-10 to persons providing life-skills training as described by this 1-11 section for adults and dislocated workers. 1-12 (b) A recipient of a grant under this section must be 1-13 providing the training in an area of the state that has an 1-14 unemployment rate of at least two times the state average. 1-15 (c) A person who receives a grant for a life-skills training 1-16 course under this section must provide training that includes: 1-17 (1) short-term prevocational skills, including the 1-18 development of learning skills, communication skills, interviewing 1-19 skills, punctuality, personal maintenance skills, and professional 1-20 conduct, designed to prepare a person for unsubsidized employment 1-21 or training; 1-22 (2) job readiness training; 1-23 (3) entrepreneurial training; 1-24 (4) training in teamwork and self-advocacy; 2-1 (5) education regarding personal health; 2-2 (6) training in money management; 2-3 (7) information on the availability of community 2-4 resources; and 2-5 (8) training in managing the responsibilities of 2-6 working and parenthood. 2-7 (d) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission 2-8 shall submit a report to the governor and the members of the 2-9 legislature regarding the status and results of the pilot program. 2-10 (e) This section expires September 1, 2005. 2-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.