SRC-SEW H.B. 2769 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2769
By: Solis, Jim (Jackson)
Business & Commerce
5/9/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, many local workforce boards do not define after-school services
that take place on a school campus or at a Head Start Center as child care.
Consequently, these programs may neither apply for nor utilize local funds
spent on these programs as matching funds for the purposes of drawing
federal child care funds. There is concern that federal child care funds
may be under-utilized because of this provision. H.B. 2769 entitles a child
who is eligible to receive child care services funded by a local workforce
development board to receive such services while enrolled in either a
federal Head Start program or in an after-school program at a school.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 2308G, Government Code, by adding Section
2308.3165, as follows: 

Sec. 2308.3165.  SCOPE OF CHILD CARE SERVICES.  Provides that, in addition
to other programs approved by a board or permitted by another law, a child
who is  otherwise eligible for child care services funded by a board is
eligible to receive the services while the child is enrolled in a federal
Head Start program or in after-school care provided at a school. 
 
SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.