HBA-JLV, SEP H.B. 1309 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1309
By: Villarreal, Mike
Economic Development
3/2/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, recipients of the Train our Teachers award, which is
funded through the federal Child Care Development Fund, are not required to
enter child-care facilities that serve needy children.  The Child Care
Development Fund, however, was created under the federal welfare reform
plan in 1996 to benefit needy children.  While children from impoverished
environments may greatly benefit from a quality early education, they are
less likely to receive such care.  House Bill 1309 requires early education
teachers who receive scholarships funded by the federal Child Care
Development Fund to complete their obligated 18 months of early education
teaching in child care facilities that accept federal Child Care
Development Fund subsidies. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1309 amends the Labor Code to modify the eligibility
requirements for a person to receive a professional child-care training
scholarship to specify that the child-care facility at which the person
agrees to work for at least 18 additional months must accept federal Child
Care Development Fund subsidies. The bill also specifies that, for a
scholarship recipient to receive a bonus or wage supplementation during the
18 additional months at the facility that employed the person when the
scholarship was awarded, the facility must accept federal Child Care
Development Fund subsidies.    

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.