Sec. 308.005. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION AND DIVISION; GUIDELINES FOR TRAINING COURSE APPROVAL. (a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the program, including establishing the criteria for determining which persons described by Section 308.003(a) may be required to participate in the program.

(b) With the cooperation of the Texas Skill Standards Board, the commission shall develop guidelines for the approval of employer training courses.

(c) In developing guidelines under Subsection (b), the commission shall condition approval on the expectation that a participating employer will develop job descriptions that are relevant to regular paid positions in the employer's workplace or that are available in the community in which the employer is located. In determining whether to approve a particular training course, the commission shall specifically consider:

(1) the administrative burden imposed by participation in the program by the participating employer;

(2) whether the proposed training reasonably may be expected to enhance the employability of individual trainees;

(3) whether the proposed training produces a realistic and usable level of skills;

(4) whether the proposed training is composed of a greater ratio of training-to-work than regular employees receive under analogous conditions;

(5) whether the employer has any intention of retaining successful trainees as regular employees;

(6) the extent to which the proposed training includes nonspecific work skills; and

(7) if the employer has previously participated in the program, the prior performance of the employer in meeting the guidelines described by this subsection.

(d) The commission may develop incentives for employers who have completed a training course offered through the program to hire as a regular employee for a period of at least one year a trainee who has successfully completed the training course.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 456, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.