TITLE: Relating to the award of grants from the skills development fund.

SUMMARY: Relating to the award of grants from the skills development fund.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the award of grants from the skills development fund. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 303.003, Labor Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-3) to read as follows: (b-3) Funds awarded under this section, other than funds awarded under Subsection (b-2), may be awarded only to support job-training purposes that address the needs of high-demand occupations, as identified by: (1) the applicable local workforce development board's regional targeted or high-demand occupations list; or (2) the commission's most recent growth occupations report under Section 302.019. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.