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Recent Council Actions
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December 2025 – The Council took one action. The action was to approve the Council's Evaluation 2025: Accomplishments and Outcomes of the Texas Workforce System as required by Texas Government Code Section 2308.104. Evaluation 2025 serves as the second annual report on the implementation and performance of the workforce system strategic plan for fiscal years 2024–2031. It also fulfills statutory requirements for reporting to the Governor and legislature.
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September 2025 – The Council took one action. The action was to approve the Council work plan for fiscal year 2026. The work plan organizes the activities of the Council and its staff for the 12-month period from September 1 through August 31. It is based on the responsibilities assigned to the Council by Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Chapter 2308 of Texas Government Code.
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June 2025 – The Council took two actions. The first action was to approve an amendment in reference to an ex-officio member representative as recorded in the minutes from the December 13, 2024, Council meeting that were approved at the meeting on March 14, 2025. The second action, required under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) (Public Law 113-128) and Texas Government Code, was to consider for approval the local workforce development board plans for PY 2025–2028 and recommend them to the Governor for his consideration and approval.
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March 2025 – The Council took two actions. The first action, required by Texas Government Code, Section 2308.101(12), was to approve the fiscal year (FY) 2026 funding formula for apprenticeship programs funded under Chapter 133 of the Texas Education Code and to forward the recommendations to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) for implementation. The second action, also required by Section 133.004 of the Texas Education Code, was to consider for approval the distribution rate of available funding for FY 2026 to support pre-apprenticeship training programs and to submit the recommendation to TWC for implementation.
Recent Council Publications
This report presents the second annual evaluation for the Texas workforce system titled, Accelerating Alignment: Texas Workforce System Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2024–2031. In the last reporting period, state and local system partners provided the delivery of multiple workforce education and training programs, which served nearly 4.5 million individuals. Among those who participated in workforce system programs and services, over 700,000 individuals completed a degree, certificate, or other measure of educational achievement. Furthermore, over 860,000 Texans who engaged in a workforce program secured employment, maintained their jobs, and/or enrolled in further education or training. (December 2025) Summary of Evaluation 2025 Archive
This report provides information about career and technical student organizations (CTSOs) and their related skills competitions. The research explores opportunities to use CTSOs and skills competitions to expand work-based learning opportunities in Texas. The report can be used as a primer on the eight CTSOs operating in Texas and a resource for understanding how skills competitions operate. (December 2025)
Mature Workers in Texas: A Demographic Study
This report provides information about mature labor force participants in Texas, specifically those 55 years and older. The research can be utilized as a primer to understand the significant issues related to mature labor force participants and as a reference for data about this specific segment of the population. (December 2025)
Vocational Rehabilitation Services: A Texas Primer
This report provides information about the vocational rehabilitation program in Texas, focusing on vocational rehabilitation services authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The report presents information about the vocational rehabilitation program structure in Texas, funding, program delivery, relevant legislation, and program participants. (September 2025)
People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile
This report details the demographic characteristics of the population of individuals with disabilities in Texas. A demographic description of the U.S. population with disabilities is first presented to provide context for the analysis of Texans with disabilities. The Texas population with disabilities is then detailed with a focus on the characteristics of labor force participants with disabilities. People with disabilities are a valuable resource for Texas employers and the Texas economy. (September 2025)
Education and Training for Learners in Carceral Institutions
This report profiles the state agencies that administer education and workforce training programs aimed at improving post-release employment opportunities and reducing recidivism for individuals currently residing in carceral institutions. Coordinated efforts by these agencies contribute to reentry strategies for institutionalized learners. This report can be paired with its complementary demographic study, Institutionalized Demographic Study: A Texas Profile. (June 2025)
Apprenticeship Brochures
The Texas Workforce Investment Council, through its Apprenticeship and Training Advisory Committee, produces an apprenticeship brochure for students (left), employers, and local education agencies to increase awareness of registered apprenticeship in Texas. The brochures identify specific highlights and outcomes of registered apprenticeship training programs and reiterate that registered apprenticeship programs are critical in building a labor force of highly skilled workers for Texas. (March 2025)
Accelerating Alignment: Texas Workforce System Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2024–2031
Approved by Governor Abbott, Accelerating Alignment: Texas Workforce System Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2024–2031 was created using the systems approach to workforce planning. The plan is intended to guide system partners in implementing workforce programs, services, and initiatives designed to achieve the strategies, system objectives, and goals that are outlined in the plan. In Texas Government Code, one of the primary responsibilities of the Texas Workforce Investment Council is to develop and recommend to the Governor a single strategic plan for the Texas workforce system that identifies the action, timelines, and responsible partner agency for each long-term objective. The sixth system plan since the Council's creation in 1993, this plan was developed with system partners and is focused on the critical long-term objectives identified as crucial to align the system or to reduce gaps and redundancies that limit system performance. (October 2023) Summary of Strategic Plan Infographic