The commission must run a pilot program, require data collection and analysis by the local workforce development board, allow limited secure sharing of outcome information, and submit a report by December 1, 2028. The section expires September 1, 2029.
For expiration of this section, see Subsection (f). Sec. 302.0201. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CAREER EDUCATION AND TRAINING EVALUATION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish and administer a pilot program in the Borderplex workforce development area under which the local workforce development board serving that area is required to collect and evaluate cross-sectional data and longitudinal supplemental data regarding career education and training programs administered in that area for the purposes of identifying: (1) successful program components; and (2) any gaps in data used to follow up on career education and training program participants following program completion maintained by the commission, the Texas Education Agency, or the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative established under Chapter 2308A, Government Code. (b) Under the pilot program, the commission shall ensure that the local workforce development board serving the workforce development area maintains the following information for each career education and training program participant following program completion, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, income, and location: (1) the evaluation data described by Section 302.082(b); and (2) data regarding the attainment of employment paying a self-sufficient wage, as determined under Section 2308A.012, Government Code. (c) On completion of the pilot program, the local workforce development board serving the workforce development area, in coordination with the commission, shall issue an analysis, by occupation and by provider, of the job placement performance of each career education and training program. The analysis must include: (1) an analysis of the attainment of employment paying a self-sufficient wage, as determined under Section 2308A.012, Government Code, following program completion; and (2) detailed information on the services provided with each offered program. (d) The commission may share individual-level outcome information resulting from the pilot program with state agencies represented on the council through secure means that may be accessed only by authorized employees of those agencies. (e) Not later than December 1, 2028, the commission shall submit to the legislature a written report on the results of the pilot program. The report must include the commission's recommendation on whether the pilot program should be continued on a statewide basis. (f) This section expires September 1, 2029. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 494 (H.B. 1703), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.