Texas Administrative Code › Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE › Part 22 - TEXAS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT COUNCIL › Chapter 901 - DESIGNATION AND REDESIGNATION OF LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREAS › Section 901.1 - Procedures for Considering Redesignation of Workforce Development Areas

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Definitions. "Chief Elected Officials"
				means the officials designated by state law as the Chief Elected Officials for
				the purposes of establishing agreements to form local workforce development
				boards.
(b) Initiation of
				Redesignation. The Texas Workforce Investment Council may submit a written
				proposal or a local area or proposed local area may submit a written request to
				initiate the process to consider redesignation of workforce areas.
(c) Requirements for a request by a local
				area or proposed local area.
(1) Written
				Request. A request for redesignation of workforce development areas must be
				signed by the Chief Elected Officials (CEO) of the proposed new area to be
				designated. These must be the same officials who would be able to create a
				local workforce development board if the request is granted. The request must
				designate one of the officials as the lead CEO.
(2) Acknowledgment and Summary Action. The
				director will notify the lead CEO and the Governor of receipt of the request
				and any deficiencies in the written request. The lead CEO has 30 days to
				correct any deficiencies.
(3)
				Contents of Written Request.
(A) The written
				request must show that each proposed area complies with state requirements for
				a local workforce development area and include information on the following
				factors:
(i) geographic areas served by local
				educational agencies and intermediate educational agencies;
(ii) geographic areas served by postsecondary
				educational institutions and area vocational education schools;
(iii) the extent to which such local areas
				are consistent with labor market areas;
(iv) the distance that individuals will need
				to travel to receive services provided in such local areas;
(v) the resources of such local areas that
				are available to effectively administer the activities carried out under Texas
				and federal law;
(vi) the total
				population of the proposed area;
(vii) any prior designation of the area as a
				Job Training Partnership Act Service Delivery Area or Substate Area or service
				as a rural concentrated employment program; and
(viii) other information required by the
				Council to make a determination.
(B) If one or more of the proposed areas is
				identified in the request as a local labor market area, the request must also
				contain sufficient evidence that each such area is an economically integrated
				geographic area within which people may reside and find employment within a
				reasonable distance.
(4)
				Further Division of Areas. If one or more of the existing areas would be
				further divided, the request must also contain the following:
(A) a description of how services of all
				programs under the local board's purview will be coordinated with other local
				boards and workforce development areas within the region;
(B) if applicable, documentation that
				justifies the designation of an area that has less than 200,000 population;
				and
(C) an analysis of costs
				associated with dividing the region, with particular emphasis on administrative
				costs.