1. (a) After consultation with a local workforce development board, a prospective private partner together with a public community or technical college or TEEX shall present to the director a joint proposal requesting funding for a customized training program 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, but the training proposal must not duplicate a training program available in the local workforce development area in which the prospective private partner is located.

3. (c) 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 program, including the skills acquired through training;
   3. (3) a brief description of the measurable training objectives;
   4. (4) the occupation and wages for participants who complete the customized training program;
   5. (5) a budget summary, disclosing anticipated program costs and resource contributions, including the dollar amount the prospective private partner is willing to commit to the project;
   6. (6) an outline of the agreement between the prospective private partner and the public community or technical college or TEEX;
   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 program 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 program to the public community or technical college's or TEEX's costs for similar instruction;
   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 Commission to complete evaluation of a proposal.

Source Note:The provisions of this §803.14 adopted to be effective October 6, 1997, 22 TexReg 9695.