Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Page: 1,530
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Sec. 315.007. PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE FUNDING. (a) The commission
by rule shall develop and establish a performance-based process for annually
awarding funds to entities that deliver adult education and literacy services under this
chapter. The process must be designed to reward those entities demonstrating
exemplary performance in the delivery of services.
(b) In developing the process for awarding funds under this section, the
commission shall prescribe:
(1) criteria, including fiscal and programmatic performance criteria, to be
used to evaluate the performance by the entities described by Subsection (a); and
(2) procedures for taking corrective action, including contract termination or
the discontinuation of an award of funds, against an entity for the entity's failure to
satisfy the performance criteria prescribed under Subdivision (1).
Sec. 315.008. SERVICE PROVIDER CONTRACTS: COMPETITIVE
PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENT. The commission shall use a competitive
procurement process to award a contract to a service provider of an adult education
program.
SECTION 1.02. Section 302.004, Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 302.004. FUNDS FOR JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES,
ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY ACTIVITIES, AND CHILD CARE. In
providing job training, [a4] employment services, adult education and literacy
services, and child care to eligible persons, the commission, notwithstanding the
provisions in this chapter or other law, may establish a need-based formula to allocate
funds available under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-193) and the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 et seq.) for job training, [a4] employment services,
adult education and literacy activities, and child care to local workforce development
areas so as to:
(1) ensure compliance with federal participation rates and requirements and
full utilization of the funding; and
(2) achieve integrated education and training.
SECTION 1.03. Section 302.062(g), Labor Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(g) Block grant funding under this section does not apply to:
(1) the work and family policies program under Chapter 81;
(2) a program under the skills development fund created under Chapter 303;
(3) the job counseling program for displaced homemakers under Chapter
304;
(4) the Communities In Schools program under Subchapter E, Chapter 33,
Education Code, to the extent that funds are available to the commission for that
program;
(5) the reintegration of offenders program under Chapter 306;
(6) apprenticeship programs under Chapter 133, Education Code;
(7) the continuity of care program under Section 501.095, Government
Code;
(8) employment programs under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code;1530
83rd Legislature- Regular Session
54th Day
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