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SECTION 1. Section 302.0042,
Labor Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c)
to read as follows:
(b) The commission's
evaluation must assess:
(1) the use of current federal
child care funds by each local workforce development board;
(2) the ability of each
local workforce development board to meet child care performance measures;
(3) the average cost incurred by child care
providers in providing [of]
child care in each local
workforce development area;
(4) the average price
charged by child care providers for child care in each local workforce
development area;
(5) the poverty rate
of each local workforce development area compared to the state's poverty
rate;
(6) [(5)] the
number of children on waiting lists for child care in each local workforce
development area; [and]
(7) [(6)] the
number of vacancies for full-time
program enrollment [vacant slots] available for child care placement in each local
workforce development area;
(8) the total number of
child care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each
local workforce development area and the number of 2-star, 3-star, and
4-star rated child care providers in the local workforce development area;
(9) the number of child
care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local
workforce development area as a percentage of the total number of child
care
providers in the local
workforce development area and the number of 2-star, 3-star, and 4-star
rated child care providers in the local workforce development area as a
percentage of the total number of child care providers in the local
workforce development area;
(10) the total number of
children enrolled in child care providers participating
in the Texas Rising Star
Program in each local workforce development area and the number of
children enrolled in
2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated child care providers in the local
workforce development area; and
(11) the number of
children
enrolled in child care
providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local
workforce development area as a percentage of the total number of
children enrolled in child
care providers in the local workforce development area and the number of
children enrolled in
2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated child care providers in the local
workforce development area as a percentage of the total number of
children enrolled in child
care providers in the local workforce development area.
(c) For the purposes of
evaluation under this section, the commission shall annually conduct a survey in each local workforce
development area to determine:
(1) the average cost incurred by child care providers in
providing child care in the area; and
(2) the average price charged by child care providers for child
care in the area.
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SECTION 1. Section 302.0042,
Labor Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c)
to read as follows:
(b) The commission's
evaluation must assess:
(1) the use of current
federal child care funds by each local workforce development board;
(2) the ability of each
local workforce development board to meet child care performance measures;
(3) the estimated [average] cost incurred by child care providers
[of child care] in each
local workforce development area as
stated in the report required under 45 C.F.R. Section 98.45(f)(1);
(4) the average price
charged by child care providers for child care in each local workforce
development area as stated in the market
rate survey conducted under 45 C.F.R. Section 98.45(c);
(5) the poverty rate
of each local workforce development area compared to the state's poverty
rate;
(6) [(5)] the
number of children on waiting lists for child care in each local workforce
development area; [and]
(7) [(6)] the
number of places that are reserved
for participants in the child care subsidy program out of the total number
of children enrolled with a provider on a full-time basis categorized by
age of the child for each provider [vacant slots available for child care placement]
in each local workforce
development area that is certified as
a 2-star, 3-star, or 4-star provider in the Texas Rising Star Program or
that does not participate in the Texas Rising Star Program;
(8) the total number of
child care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each
local workforce development area and the number of 2-star, 3-star, and
4-star rated child care providers in the local workforce development area;
(9) the number of child
care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local
workforce development area as a percentage of the total number of subsidized child care providers in the
local workforce development area and the number of 2-star, 3-star, and
4-star rated child care providers in the local workforce development area
as a percentage of the total number of subsidized
child care providers in the local workforce development area;
(10) the total number of
children enrolled in subsidized
child care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each
local workforce development area and the number of subsidized
children enrolled in
2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated child care providers in the local
workforce development area; and
(11) the number of subsidized children enrolled in child
care providers participating in the Texas Rising Star Program in each local
workforce development area as a percentage of the total number of subsidized children enrolled in child
care providers in the local workforce development area and the number of subsidized
children enrolled in
2-star, 3-star, and 4-star rated child care providers in the local
workforce development area as a percentage of the total number of subsidized
children enrolled in child
care providers in the local workforce development area.
(c) For the purposes of
evaluation under this section, the commission shall annually update the information described by
Subsections (b)(6)-(11).
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SECTION 2. Section 302.0043,
Labor Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsections
(e) and (f) to read as follows:
(c-1) The commission
shall measure and evaluate the progress of the commission's child care
program regarding:
(1) coordination with the
Texas Education Agency to enable the
submission of relevant data related to children younger than five years of age enrolled in the
commission's child care program through
the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS);
(2) coordination with the
Texas Education Agency, school districts, and open-enrollment charter
schools on any prekindergarten quality improvement efforts;
(3) facilitation of child
care provider enrollment in the Texas Rising Star Program and progression
of providers to the highest rating level in the program; and
(4) development and
implementation of rates and payments, as determined by local workforce
development boards, to
allow participating
providers to provide high quality child care.
(e) The commission shall
make the information collected by the commission and the commission's
findings available to local workforce development boards, school
districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and the public.
(f) Not later than January
15 of each odd-numbered year, the commission shall report to the
legislature regarding the commission's findings regarding the effectiveness
of the commission's child care program. The report must:
(1) include employment
outcome information, disaggregated by local workforce development area,
regarding parents receiving subsidized care under the program; [and]
(2) identify multiyear
trends in the information collected and analyzed by the commission under
this section, including trends in the information for at least the five
state fiscal years preceding the date of the report;
(3) include information
described by Sections 302.0042(b)(8)-(11); and
(4) evaluate the findings of the survey conducted under Section
302.0042(c).
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SECTION 2. Section 302.0043,
Labor Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsections
(e) and (f) to read as follows:
(c-1) The commission
shall measure and evaluate the progress of the commission's child care
program regarding:
(1) coordination by the commission with the Texas
Education Agency to assign a Public Education
Information Management System (PEIMS) number to children younger
than six years of age enrolled in
the commission's child care program;
(2) coordination with the
Texas Education Agency, school districts, and open-enrollment charter
schools on any prekindergarten quality improvement efforts;
(3) efforts to increase coordination between participating
providers in the commission's child care program, school districts, and
open-enrollment charter schools;
(4) facilitation of child
care provider enrollment in the Texas Rising Star Program and progression
of providers to the highest rating level in the program; and
(5) development and
implementation of rates and payments, as determined by local workforce
development boards, to:
(A) allow participating providers
to provide high quality child care; and
(B) ensure that the commission meets performance measures
established by the legislature for the average number of children served by
the commission's child care program per day.
(e) The commission shall make
the information collected by the commission and the commission's findings
available to local workforce development boards, school districts,
open-enrollment charter schools, and the public.
(f) Not later than January
15 of each odd-numbered year, the commission shall report to the
legislature regarding the commission's findings regarding the effectiveness
of the commission's child care program. The report must:
(1) include employment
outcome information, disaggregated by local workforce development area,
regarding parents receiving subsidized care under the program; [and]
(2) identify multiyear
trends in the information collected and analyzed by the commission under
this section, including trends in the information for at least the five
state fiscal years preceding the date of the report; and
(3) include information
described by Sections 302.0042(b)(8)-(11).
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SECTION 3. Section
302.00435, Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 302.00435. SUBSIDIZED
CHILD CARE PROGRAM; INPUT POLICY. (a) The commission shall develop
a policy for obtaining, through appropriate methods, input from interested
parties regarding its subsidized child care program and for using that
input in administering that program.
(b) The policy developed
under Subsection (a) must include methods for obtaining input from the
Texas Education Agency, school districts, open-enrollment charter schools,
relevant businesses, and the public, regarding:
(1) improving
coordination between the subsidized child care program and prekindergarten
programs; and
(2) increasing the
quality of and access to the subsidized child care program.
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SECTION 3. Section
302.00435, Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 302.00435. SUBSIDIZED
CHILD CARE PROGRAM; INPUT POLICY. (a) The commission shall develop
a policy for obtaining, through appropriate methods, input from interested
parties regarding its subsidized child care program and for using that
input in administering that program.
(b) The policy developed
under Subsection (a) must include methods for obtaining input from the
Texas Education Agency, school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, subsidized child care providers,
relevant businesses, and the public, regarding:
(1) improving
coordination between the subsidized child care program and prekindergarten
programs; and
(2) increasing the
quality of and access to the subsidized child care program.
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