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1 Document(s) [ Subject: Aerospace Commission, Texas ]

• Committee:

  House Economic Development, 76th R.S. (1999)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Aerospace Commission, Texas | Economic Development, Texas Department of | Job training programs | Local Workforce Development Boards | Skills Development/Smart Jobs Fund | Spaceports | State government contracts | Unemployment benefits | Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund | Unemployment taxes | Welfare | Welfare-to-work | Workforce |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.76 ec74h

  Description:

  [96 pages  File size: 4,086 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of local workforce development boards and their capacity to provide effective training and job services. Include a review of the boards' monitoring and verification of contractor performance and reports. Assess the workforce development system's effectiveness in the areas of (a) the TANF population, (b) dislocated workers, (c) persons with disabilities and (d) the high-technology workforce.
  2. Actively monitor the status of the unemployment insurance compensation trust fund. Study the mechanisms in current law designed to keep the fund in the desired range.
  3. Review current programs and examine other options for preparing students who do not seek advanced degrees for jobs in today's economy.
  4. Conduct active oversight of the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.

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