Amend SB 1539 by adding the following appropriately numbered
section to the bill and renumbering existing sections of the bill
accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  (a)  Section 29.153(g), Education Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (g)  A <If a> school district <contracts with a private
entity for the operation of the district's> prekindergarten program
<, the program> must at a minimum comply with the applicable
child-care licensing standards adopted by the Texas Department of
Human Services under Section 42.042, Human Resources Code.
      (b)  Subsection (a) of this section applies beginning with
the 1997-1998 school year.