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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The following job-training, employment, and employment-related educational programs and functions are consolidated under the authority of the commission:
(1) career school and college programs under Chapter 132, Education Code;
(2) apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133, Education Code;
(3) postsecondary vocational and technical job-training programs that are not a part of approved courses or programs that lead to licensing, certification, or an associate degree under Chapters 61, 130, and 135, Education Code, Subchapter E, Chapter 88, Education Code, 1 and Subchapter E, Chapter 96, Education Code; 2
(4) employment programs under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code;
(5) the senior citizens employment program under Chapter 101, Human Resources Code;
(6) the work and family policies program under Chapter 81;
(7) job-training programs funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 et seq.);
(8) the job counseling program for displaced homemakers under Chapter 304;
(9) the reintegration of offenders program under Chapter 306;
(10) the inmate employment counseling program;
(11) the continuity of care program under Section 501.095, Government Code;
(12) a literacy program from state, local, federal, and private funds available to the state for that purpose;
(13) the employment service;
(14) [Blank];
(15) the trade adjustment assistance program under Part 2, Subchapter II, Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Section 2271 et seq.);
(16) education, employment, employment support, training services, activities and programs funded under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (42 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.);
(17) the food stamp employment and training program authorized under 7 U.S.C. Section 2015(d); and
(18) the functions of the State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.
(b) In addition to the programs consolidated under the authority of the commission under Subsection (a), the commission shall administer:
(1) child-care services provided under Chapter 44, Human Resources Code; and
(2) programs established in this state through federal funding to conduct full service career development centers and school-to-work transition services.
(c) To the extent permitted under federal law, the commission shall administer the programs funded through the education coordination funds under Section 123, Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. Section 1533).
(d) To the extent permitted under federal law, the commission shall promote and monitor services provided to persons with disabilities, including persons referred from the Texas Rehabilitation Commission.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Labor Code - LAB § 302.021. Consolidation of Workforce Development Programs - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/labor-code/lab-sect-302-021/
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