Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1732 amends the Government Code to require the Texas Workforce Commission to select vendors to operate family home child-care pilot programs for children under four years of age. The pilot programs must operate in at least three different areas of the state, including at least one rural area, and each program must include at least 10 eligible family home operators. The bill sets forth requirements relating to the funding of the programs as well as qualifications and responsibilities of the vendors and family home operators. The bill also requires the commission to submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives a biennial report on the pilot programs, including an evaluation comparing the language development and other developmental features of the children served by the programs to those of children in other child-care settings, the costs of providing child care under the programs, and a recommendation on continuation or expansion of the programs. The pilot programs expire September 1, 2005.