By Lucio S.B. No. 429
77R2062 JMM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the funding and administration of certain activities of
1-3 the Council on Workforce and Economic Competitiveness.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2308.065(b), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (b) A state agency represented on the council shall provide
1-8 funds for the support of the council in proportion to the agency's
1-9 financial participation in the workforce development system. The
1-10 council, with the governor's approval, shall establish a funding
1-11 formula to determine the level of support each agency must provide.
1-12 SECTION 2. Section 2308.101, Government Code, is amended to
1-13 read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 2308.101. GENERAL DUTIES. (a) The council shall:
1-15 (1) promote the development of a well-educated, highly
1-16 skilled workforce in this state;
1-17 (2) advocate the development of an integrated
1-18 workforce development system to provide quality services addressing
1-19 the needs of business and workers in this state;
1-20 (3) recommend to the governor the designation or
1-21 redesignation of workforce development areas for the local planning
1-22 and delivery of workforce development;
1-23 (4) identify and recommend to the governor incentives
1-24 to encourage the consolidation, on a regional labor market basis,
2-1 of:
2-2 (A) local boards, councils, and committees; and
2-3 (B) service delivery areas authorized under [the
2-4 Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. Section 1501 et seq.) or
2-5 other] federal workforce legislation;
2-6 (5) review plans for local workforce development and
2-7 make recommendations to the governor for approval;
2-8 (6) evaluate the effectiveness of the workforce
2-9 development system;
2-10 (7) use the administrative records of the state's
2-11 unemployment compensation program and other sources as appropriate
2-12 in evaluating the workforce development system;
2-13 (8) encourage, support, or develop research and
2-14 demonstration projects designed to develop new programs and
2-15 approaches to service delivery;
2-16 (9) recommend measures to ensure that occupational
2-17 skills training is:
2-18 (A) provided in occupations that are locally in
2-19 demand; and
2-20 (B) directed toward high-skill and high-wage
2-21 jobs;
2-22 (10) monitor the operation of the state's workforce
2-23 development system to assess the degree to which the system is
2-24 effective in achieving state and local goals and objectives;
2-25 (11) develop and recommend to the governor criteria
2-26 for the establishment of local workforce development boards;
2-27 (12) carry out the federal and state duties and
3-1 responsibilities of advisory councils under applicable federal and
3-2 state workforce development laws or regulations;
3-3 (13) report periodically to the governor and the
3-4 legislature; and
3-5 (14) provide annual reports to the governor and the
3-6 legislature, including an annual report analyzing work development
3-7 programs that focus on welfare to work initiatives.
3-8 (b) The council shall provide the information required to be
3-9 reported under Subsections (a)(13) and (14) and Section 2308.104(a)
3-10 to the Texas Workforce Commission. The Texas Workforce Commission
3-11 shall include information provided under this subsection that
3-12 relates to the administration and operation of the state's
3-13 workforce development system with other information the commission
3-14 provides to the public on the Internet.
3-15 SECTION 3. Section 2308.104, Government Code, is amended to
3-16 read as follows:
3-17 Sec. 2308.104. STRATEGIC PLANNING [PLAN]. (a) The council
3-18 shall develop and recommend to the governor and report to the
3-19 legislature [a single] strategic plans as provided by this section
3-20 [plan] that establish [establishes] the framework for the budgeting
3-21 and operation of the workforce development system, including school
3-22 to careers and welfare to work components, administered by agencies
3-23 represented on the council. The council shall annually report to
3-24 the governor and the legislature on the implementation of the
3-25 strategic plans [plan].
3-26 (b) The council shall engage in strategic planning by
3-27 developing two types of performance measures as described by
4-1 Subsections (c) and (d).
4-2 (c) The first performance measure consists of formal
4-3 measures, reviewed and approved by the Legislative Budget Board,
4-4 that require all state agencies that administer workforce programs
4-5 to report annually as part of each agency's performance budget and
4-6 accounting system. The measures adopted under this subsection must
4-7 include not more than five individual measures selected by the
4-8 council, in consultation with each agency required to report under
4-9 this subsection, and approved by the governor.
4-10 (d) The second performance measure consists of less formal
4-11 performance measures, developed with technical support from the
4-12 Legislative Budget Board to ensure that the measures and reporting
4-13 criteria are consistent with the state's performance budget and
4-14 accounting system. The measures under this subsection must be
4-15 adopted to apply individually to each agency that administers a
4-16 workforce program with no single measure intended to apply to all
4-17 of the agencies. The measures under this subsection shall be
4-18 developed by the council, in consultation with each agency required
4-19 to report under this subsection, and approved by the governor.
4-20 (e) In addition to the other requirements of this chapter,
4-21 the strategic plans [plan] recommended by the council must
4-22 recognize and address literacy and basic education as activities
4-23 that are critical to the well-being of individuals and the state
4-24 without regard to whether the training and education is directed at
4-25 preparing an individual for employment.
4-26 (f) [(c)] The council shall include in the council's
4-27 strategic plans [plan] goals, objectives, and performance measures
5-1 for the workforce development system that involve programs of all
5-2 state agencies that administer workforce programs [are represented
5-3 on the council].
5-4 (g) [(d)] On approval of a [the] plan by the governor, an
5-5 agency administering a workforce program [represented on the
5-6 council] shall use the strategic plan to develop the agency's
5-7 operational plan.
5-8 SECTION 4. Section 2308.151, Government Code, is amended by
5-9 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
5-10 (c) The council shall establish, with the approval of the
5-11 governor, a funding formula to determine the level of support each
5-12 agency administering a workforce program must provide to operate
5-13 the automated follow-up and evaluation system required by this
5-14 section.
5-15 SECTION 5. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
5-16 (b) The Texas Council on Workforce and Economic
5-17 Competitiveness and the Legislative Budget Board shall complete the
5-18 development, review, and approval, as appropriate, of the
5-19 performance measures required by Section 2308.104, Government Code,
5-20 as amended by this Act, on or before September 1, 2002.