HB5301 - Relating to certain requirements regarding the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.

  89R16368 DNC-F     By: Perez of Harris H.B. No. 5301       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain requirements regarding the subsidized   child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is   amended by adding Section 302.0048 to read as follows:           Sec.   302.0048.     SUBSIDIZED CHILD-CARE PROGRAM; RULES. (a)   For the purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for   subsidized child care, the commission shall include the following   courses or programs as approved educational programs and job   training:                 (1)     general educational development (GED) test   preparation courses or programs;                 (2)     adult education programs provided under the adult   high school charter school program under Subchapter G, Chapter 12,   Education Code;                 (3)     English as a second language (ESL) courses or   programs;                 (4)  job training programs; and                 (5)     any other courses or programs at an accredited   postsecondary educational institution, including a public or   private junior college, a public or private institution of higher   education, or a public or private technical institution or at a   career school or college as defined by Section 132.001, Education   Code, regardless of whether the individual earns academic credit   for the course or program.           (b)     The commission may adopt rules necessary to administer   this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.