Common use of Award Specific Requirements Clause in Contracts

Award Specific Requirements. 5.1 The Grantee is responsible for all reporting under this grant award. 5.2 The Grantee agrees that if apprentices trained and/or expenditures are not in keeping with Attachment A-1, Contact Hour Rate for Continuation Programs and/or Attachment A-2, Contact Hour Rate for New Programs of this grant award, including benchmarks as required in Section 6 of this Attachment A, the Agency may impose one (1) or more of the following remedies: 5.2.1 a site visit by Agency staff to review the project or provide technical assistance; 5.2.2 a Corrective Action Plan as stated in 40 TAC § 802.121; 5.2.3 a hold placed on payments; and/or 5.2.4 deobligation of funds. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION PROGRAM GRANT/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT GRANT AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS 5.3 The Grantee shall be responsible for the delivery of the services specified in either Attachments A-1, and/or A-2 of this grant including the Activities and Performance Measures established in Section 6 of this Attachment A, and any terms and conditions required by this grant. 5.4 The Grantee shall commence Related Instruction as described in Attachment A-1 and/or Attachment A-2 of this grant within thirty (30) days of the grant begin date. Failure to commence Related Instruction within this period may result in withdrawal of this grant by the Agency. 5.5 Beginning training prior to the start date of this grant may result in disallowed costs and may require repayment of a portion of the funds to the Agency. 5.6 The Grantee shall verify that each Training Program, and their Related Instruction meet the following eligibility requirements: 5.6.1 Training Programs that received Texas Education Code, Chapter 133 funding for fiscal year 2020 (continuing programs) must certify that a class visit occurred during one of the first four (4) classroom meetings; 5.6.2 Training Programs that did not receive Texas Education Code, Chapter 133 funding for fiscal year 2020 (new programs) must certify that a class visit occurred during the 3rd or 2nd and 4th classroom meetings; and 5.6.3 each apprentice in the program described in Section 5.6.2 must be physically present either on the 3rd class meeting or on both the 2nd and 4th class meetings, as indicated in the instructor’s official attendance records to be eligible for funding. 5.7 The Grantee shall ensure the following apprenticeship activities occurred and are documented during an on-site visit: 5.7.1 verify that the Training Program has currently approved DOL OA program standards; TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION PROGRAM GRANT/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT GRANT AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS 5.7.2 verify that the Training Program is under the direction of a functioning Apprenticeship Committee as described in Texas Education Code, Chapter 133, and 40 TAC, Chapter 837; 5.7.3 view such items as Apprenticeship Committee meeting minutes and the interview/selection process for entry of an apprentice into employment and training; 5.7.4 verify that each apprentice participating in the Training Program has a written apprenticeship agreement with the Apprenticeship Committee stating the standards and conditions of the apprentice’s employment and training as described in Texas Education Code, Chapter 133; 5.7.5 conduct a head count of every apprentice; 5.7.6 view photo documentation and verify the name of the apprentice; 5.7.7 verify the apprentice is registered by DOL OA 5.7.8 review apprentice file documentation to validate apprentice eligibility; 5.7.9 review the schedule of classes for names of instructors, training locations, and days and times of each classroom session; and 5.7.10 verify apprentice attendance via the instructor’s class attendance rosters. 5.8 The Grantee shall ensure that each apprentice: 5.8.1 has met WIOA basic eligibility requirements; 5.8.2 has verifiable attendance during a class visit and/or the instructor’s class attendance documentation as described in Section 5.6 of this Attachment A; 5.8.3 is entered on the Apprentice Information Form, Attachment A-3, to be included for final Chapter 133 funding distribution; and 5.8.4 is reported to the Agency no later than: 5.8.4.1 the 16th day of October for new programs; and/or 5.8.4.2 the 13th day of November for continuing programs. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION PROGRAM GRANT/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT GRANT AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS 5.9 The Grantee shall ensure that apprentices meet state and federal work requirements. 5.10 When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing project or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all recipients of federal funds shall clearly state: 5.10.1 the percentage of the total cost of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; 5.10.2 the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and 5.10.3 the percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources. 5.11 Comply with 2 C.F.R. § 2900.13, which requires licensing to the public all work created with DOL funds under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY) license. Work that must be licensed under the CC BY includes both new content created with DOL funds and modifications made to pre-existing, recipient-owned content using DOL funds.