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' 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;
   11. (11) any additional information deemed necessary by the Commission to complete evaluation of a proposal; and
   12. (12) a certification as required by subsection (d) of this section.

4. (d) For purposes of coordinating applications for the Skills Development Fund and the Smart Jobs Fund that is administered under Texas Government Code, Subchapter J, Business Development--Smart Jobs Fund Program, §481.152 et seq., by the Texas Department of Economic Development (Department), the following shall apply:

   1. (1) A certification at the time of application to the Commission or the Department shall be filed indicating whether the application is a "concurrent application" for both the Skills Development Fund and the Smart Jobs Fund.

   2. (2) For purposes of this subsection, "concurrent application" shall mean either:

      1. (A) an application for the Skills Development Fund that has been filed and is pending at the time the applicant applies for the Smart Jobs Fund with the Department; or
      2. (B) an application for the Smart Jobs Fund that has been filed and is pending at the time the applicant applies for the Skills Development Fund.
   3. (3) A joint application, on a form approved by the director and the director's counterpart at the Department, may be used for coordinating application for both the Skills Development Fund and the Smart Jobs Fund.

Source Note:The provisions of this §803.14 adopted to be effective October 6, 1997, 22 TexReg 9695; amended to be effective January 25, 2000, 25 TexReg 391.