Texas Labor Code - LAB § 302.0062. Strategic Plan to Support Child-Care Workforce

(1) recommendations for local workforce development boards to improve, sustain, and support the child-care workforce;

(2) recommendations for increasing compensation for and reducing turnover of child-care workers;

(3) recommendations for eliminating pay disparities in the child-care workforce;

(4) recommendations for increasing paid opportunities for professional development and education for child-care workers, including apprenticeships;

(5) best practices from local workforce development boards in this state and other programs designed to support child-care workers;

(6) recommendations for increasing participation in the Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System;

(7) recommendations for public and private institutions of higher education to:

(8) specific recommendations for improving the infant and toddler child-care workforce; and

(9) a timeline and benchmarks for the commission and local workforce development boards to implement recommendations from the strategic plan.

(1) child-care providers;

(2) community stakeholders; and

(3) child-care workers.

(1) demographic data of child-care workers in this state, including:

(2) compensation data for child-care workers disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and educational attainment;

(3) the information described by Subdivisions (1) and (2) for a representative sample set of child-care facilities in the state; and

(4) information provided by the workgroup established under Subsection (b).