Sec. 302.048. ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD'S CAPACITY TO OVERSEE AND MANAGE LOCAL FUNDS AND DELIVERY OF SERVICES. (a) In consultation with local workforce development boards, the commission by rule shall establish criteria to be used by the commission to evaluate each local workforce development board's overall capacity to oversee and manage local funds and the delivery of local workforce services.

(b) The criteria established under Subsection (a) must address a local workforce development board's ability to:

(1) develop, maintain, and upgrade comprehensive fiscal management systems;

(2) hire, train, and retain qualified staff to carry out the board's oversight activities;

(3) select and oversee local contractors to improve the delivery of workforce services;

(4) oversee and improve the operations of local career development centers in the area served by the board;

(5) manage the contractors' performance across multiple board programs; and

(6) identify and resolve long-standing oversight problems of the board and performance problems of contract providers.

(c) Based on the criteria prescribed under this section, the commission shall develop performance measures to be used by the commission to evaluate each local workforce development board.

(d) The commission shall post the results of the commission's evaluation of each local workforce development board on the commission's Internet website in a format that is readily accessible to and understandable by a member of the public.

(e) The commission annually shall compile information provided to the commission by local workforce development boards that aggregates existing performance measure data on each local career development center in a consistent format demonstrating overall performance across multiple programs.

(f) The commission shall post the information compiled by the commission under Subsection (e) on the commission's Internet website in a format that is readily accessible to and understandable by a member of the public.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, Sec. 4.07, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.