Texas § 21.556 REQUIRED COMPLIANCE TRAINING FOR STATE AGENCIES.

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§ 21.556 — REQUIRED COMPLIANCE TRAINING FOR STATE AGENCIES.

Texas § 21.556

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Tex. Labor Code Code Ann. § 21.556 (2026).

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Sec. 21.556. REQUIRED COMPLIANCE TRAINING FOR STATE AGENCIES.

(a)A state agency that receives three or more complaints of employment discrimination in a fiscal year, other than complaints determined to be without merit, shall provide a comprehensive equal employment opportunity training program to appropriate supervisory and managerial employees.

(b)The training may be provided by the commission or by another entity or person approved by the commission, including a state agency.

(c)The state agency shall provide documentation of the training to the commission if the training is not conducted by the commission. The documentation shall include the dates the training was provided, the names of the persons attending the training, an agenda for the training program, and the name of the entit

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Sec. 21.556. REQUIRED COMPLIANCE TRAINING FOR STATE AGENCIES. (a) A state agency that receives three or more complaints of employment discrimination in a fiscal year, other than complaints determined to be without merit, shall provide a comprehensive equal employment opportunity training program to appropriate supervisory and managerial employees.
(b) The training may be provided by the commission or by another entity or person approved by the commission, including a state agency.
(c) The state agency shall provide documentation of the training to the commission if the training is not conducted by the commission. The documentation shall include the dates the training was provided, the names of the persons attending the training, an agenda for the training program, and the name of the entity or person providing the training.
(d) The commission by rule shall adopt minimum standards for a training program described by Subsection (a) and shall approve an entity or person to provide a training program if the program complies with the minimum standards adopted by the commission under this subsection.
(e) An agency required to participate in a program under this section shall pay the cost of attending the program or shall reimburse the commission or state agency providing the program through interagency contract. The cost of providing the program shall be determined and approved by the commission or state agency. The state auditor may audit the commission's expenditure of fees collected under this section based on a risk assessment performed by the state auditor and subject to the approval by the legislative audit committee of including the audit in the audit plan under Section 321.013 , Government Code.