{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2308.309","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2308.309","heading":"INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.","body":"(a) An institution of higher education that has local taxing authority and is governed by a locally elected board of trustees is the primary provider of local workforce training and services that are needed by an employer within the taxing district and funded fully or in part by local funds, except in Cameron, McLennan, and Potter counties, or by technical vocational funds administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.\n(b) A board shall select another qualified local or statewide provider if the local institution does not promptly provide locally needed workforce training and services.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.81(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE G. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS INVOLVING BOTH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS","CHAPTER 2308. WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT","SUBCHAPTER G. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2308.htm#2308.309","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"415c6e22c3bd87daa1fa945ef79883d0559900310b05c4074090e2c20db647ac","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2308.308","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2308.310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}