(a) Each recipient, except small recipients and service providers, shall designate a senior-level employee (29 CFR §38.29) to act as EO Officer and to report directly to the recipient's administrative officer. The recipient's executive director shall not be designated as the recipient's EO Officer.
(b) Each recipient's EO Officer shall:
  (1) serve as the recipient's liaison with the State-Level EO Officer; the Board EO Officer, if appropriate; and the CRC, if necessary;
  (2) conduct annual monitoring and investigate the recipient's WIOA Title I--funded subrecipients to ensure that the recipient and its subrecipients are not violating nondiscrimination and equal opportunity provisions of WIOA §188 (29 USCA §3248), 29 CFR Part 38, and the state NDP;
  (3) review the recipient's written policies to ensure that those policies are nondiscriminatory;
  (4) coordinate the recipient's compliance activities under WIOA §188 (29 USCA §3248) and 29 CFR Part 38;
  (5) assist complainants in completing complaint forms;
  (6) be responsible for accepting discrimination complaints, and forwarding such complaints to the Agency or other jurisdictional entity;
  (7) conduct outreach and education about equal opportunity and nondiscrimination requirements; and
  (8) undergo, at the recipient's expense, nondiscrimination and equal opportunity training to maintain competency when such training is required by CRC or the Agency.
(c) Each recipient shall provide to the State-Level EO Officer the name, position title, address, and telephone number of the individual appointed as the recipient's EO Officer, as well as the job description of the position detailing the EO Officer's responsibilities and the staff and resources available.
(d) Although small recipients are not required to designate EO Officers who have the full range of responsibilities, each small recipient must designate an individual who will be responsible for developing and publishing complaint procedures and processing complaints as required by 29 CFR §§38.69 - 38.76.

Source Note: The provisions of this §842.4 adopted to be effective January 4, 2021, 46 TexReg 202