1. (a) After obtaining the review and comments of the Board in the applicable local workforce development area(s), a prospective private partner, together with a public community or technical college or TEEX, shall present to the Director, or his or her designee, a joint proposal requesting funding for a customized training project or other appropriate use of the fund.
2. (b) TEEX, or the public community or technical college that is a partner to a joint training proposal for a grant from the Skills Development Fund may be non-local.
3. (c) The training proposal must not duplicate a training project available in the local workforce development area in which the prospective private partner is located. TEEX, or the public community or technical college that is a partner to the joint training proposal, the private partner, and the Board must disclose other grant funds sought from the Agency, such as Achieving Performance Excellence (APEX) grants, for the training project covered in the training proposal.

4. (d) Proposals shall be written and contain the following information:

   1. (1) the number of proposed jobs created or retained;
   2. (2) a brief outline of the proposed training project, including the skills acquired through training;
   3. (3) a brief description of the measurable training objectives and outcomes;
   4. (4) the occupation and wages for participants who complete the customized training project;
   5. (5) a budget summary, disclosing anticipated project costs and resource contributions, including the dollar amount the prospective private partner is willing to commit to the project;
   6. (6) a signed agreement between the prospective private partner and the public community or technical college or TEEX outlining each entity's roles and responsibilities if a grant is awarded;
   7. (7) a statement explaining the basis for the determination that there is an actual or projected labor shortage in the occupation in which the proposed training project will be provided that is not being met by an existing institution or program in the local workforce development area;
   8. (8) a comparison of costs per trainee for the customized training project and costs for similar instruction at the public community or technical college or TEEX;
   9. (9) a statement describing the prospective private partner's equal opportunity employment policy;
   10. (10) a list of the proposed employment benefits; and
   11. (11) any additional information deemed necessary by the Agency to complete evaluation of a proposal.

Source Note:The provisions of this §803.14 adopted to be effective January 29, 2003, 28 TexReg 751.