Sunset staff flags oversight and IT gaps at Texas Workforce Commission

Aug 12, 2026

The Sunset staff report identified nine issues for the Texas Workforce Commission, including weak oversight of the 28 local workforce development boards, IT modernization failures, siloed vocational rehabilitation services and inconsistent childcare fraud investigations; staff recommended statutory changes and management actions.

The full story

Sunset staff presented a nine-issue report on the Texas Workforce Commission and related entities, concluding TWC needs clearer statutory tools, stronger oversight of local workforce development boards (LWDBs), better IT systems and improved fraud controls.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in