(a) Each state agency represented on the council shall provide information to support the commission's follow-up and evaluation system as requested.
(b) Evaluation data in the system must include the following information disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, income, and location:
(1) placement rates;
(2) wages paid;
(3) retention in employment statistics;
(4) the number of education and training-related placements; and
(5) other appropriate factors, including public welfare dependency and the pursuit of additional education.
(c) The commission may develop a method for collecting occupational information to supplement wage record information collected by the commission under Section 204.0025. The commission may request employers, providers, and other appropriate sources to provide placement, employment, and earnings information to the commission.
(d) The commission shall ensure that:
(1) the system includes with the evaluation data a hyperlink to an Internet website where self-sufficient wage data as determined under Section 2308A.012, Government Code, is posted; and
(2) following any modernization of the evaluation system by the commission on or after September 1, 2023, the evaluation data in the system includes a comparison of self-sufficient wage data with program earnings outcomes at the first, third, and fifth anniversary of the date of program completion.
Official text of the Texas Labor Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.