Tex. Lab. Code § 303.004 · Chapter 303. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND
FUND REVIEW; REPORT BY CERTAIN WORKFORCE TRAINING PROVIDERS REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall review all customized training programs biennially to verify that state funds are being used appropriately by public community and technical colleges, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, and the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service under this chapter.
(b) Not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, and each public community or technical college that provides workforce training under this chapter shall:
(1) conduct a review of the station's, service's, or college's training programs to:
(A) determine the effectiveness of the programs in improving the wages of participants who complete the programs; and
(B) identify strategies for improving the delivery of workforce training in order to more effectively impact economic development in this state; and
(2) submit to the commission a detailed written report summarizing the results of the review for inclusion by the executive director in the report to the governor and the legislature required by Section 303.006(c).
(c) If the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, or a public community or technical college fails to submit a report required by Subsection (b)(2):
(1) the station, service, or college must refund to the comptroller any unexpended state funds received by the station, service, or college under this chapter for the state fiscal biennium in which the report was due; and
(2) the commission may not award any additional grant to the station, service, or college under this chapter until the station, service, or college has complied with that reporting requirement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 153, Sec. 4, eff. May 20, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 911 (H.B. 1297), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 566 (S.B. 634), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 89 (S.B. 856), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.303.htm
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