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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to consolidation of annual reporting requirements of the |
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Texas Workforce Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 122.022(a), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The [On or before November 1 of each year, the] |
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workforce commission shall include in the commission's |
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supplemental annual report to the governor and the legislature |
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under Section 301.065(c), Labor Code, a [prepare an annual] |
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financial report in the form prescribed by Section 2101.011, |
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Government Code, relating to the workforce commission's activities |
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under this chapter [and file the report with the governor and the
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presiding officer of each house of the legislature]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 301.065, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) At the time the commission submits the annual report |
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under this section, the commission shall submit to the governor and |
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the legislature a separate supplemental annual report consisting of |
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any information required by other law to be included in the |
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supplemental annual report. |
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SECTION 3. Section 302.0031(g), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(g) The [Not later than November 1 of each year, the] |
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commission, after consultation with the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board, shall include in the commission's supplemental |
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annual report to the legislature and the governor under Section |
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301.065(c) [on]: |
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(1) the results of any grants awarded under this |
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section; |
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(2) the best practices for veterans and military |
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servicemembers to achieve maximum academic or workforce education |
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credit at institutions of higher education for military experience, |
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education, and training obtained during military service; |
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(3) measures needed to facilitate the award of |
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academic or workforce education credit by institutions of higher |
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education for military experience, education, and training |
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obtained during military service; |
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(4) other related measures needed to facilitate the |
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entry of trained, qualified veterans and military servicemembers |
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into the workforce; |
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(5) the number of academic or workforce education |
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semester credit hours awarded under the program and applied toward |
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a degree or certification program at an institution of higher |
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education during the most recent academic year, disaggregated by |
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the subject area for which the credit hours are awarded; and |
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(6) the number of transfer credit hours awarded under |
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the program and applied toward a degree or certification program at |
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an institution of higher education during the most recent academic |
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year. |
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SECTION 4. Section 302.007(a), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The commission shall include in the commission's |
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supplemental [submit an] annual report to the governor and the |
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legislature under Section 301.065(c) a report on the effectiveness |
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of federal programs designed to provide trade adjustment assistance |
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to persons in this state. |
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SECTION 5. Section 303.006(c), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The commission shall include in the commission's |
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supplemental annual [executive director shall] report to the |
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governor and the legislature under Section 301.065(c) a report on |
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[at the end of each fiscal year] the status of the program |
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established under this chapter. |
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SECTION 6. Section 305.029, Labor Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Sec. 305.029. ANNUAL REPORT. The commission shall include |
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in the commission's supplemental annual report to the governor and |
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[prepare and deliver to] the legislature under Section 301.065(c) a |
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[an annual] report regarding the grant program established under |
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this chapter. The report shall include for the period covered by |
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the report: |
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(1) the number of students who received grants under |
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this chapter; and |
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(2) the number of those students who attended each |
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eligible institution, including information on the race or |
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ethnicity of those students attending each institution. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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