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TWC approves rule‑review notices, federal WIOA waiver requests, grant awards and program funding changes
Summary
The Texas Workforce Commission voted to publish five chapters for four‑year rule review, approve five WIOA waiver requests for submission to the U.S. Department of Labor, award FY2026 JET grants, restructure military‑to‑civilian employment funding with an additional $249,948, and confirm several local board nominees.
The Texas Workforce Commission on April 21 approved a series of routine administrative and programmatic actions, including publication of notices to review five administrative chapters, adoption of five federal waiver requests, awards under the Jobs and Education for Texans grant program, and a restructuring of military‑to‑civilian employment program funds.
Reed O’Brien, with the commission’s Office of General Counsel, told commissioners that Texas Government Code Chapter 2001 requires agencies to review rules every four years and presented staff’s notice of intent to review 40 Texas Administrative Code Chapters 808 (Youth Driver Education Funding Program), 821 (Texas Payday Rules), 835 (Self‑Sufficiency Fund), 849 (Employment and Training…
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