SRC-CTC S.B. 30 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 30
77R71 BDH-DBy: Zaffirini
Education
2/19/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, Texas does not mandate that children attend kindergarten before
entering first grade.  As proposed, S.B. 30 requires a child who is at
least five years of age on September 1 to attend 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 Sections 25.085 (b) and (c), Education Code, to require
that a child attend school, unless exempted by Section 25.086, if that
child is at least five, rather than six, years of age on the first day of
September of the school year, or is younger than five, rather than six, and
has been previously enrolled in kindergarten, rather than the first grade,
and has not yet reached the child's 18th birthday. 

SECTION 2. Amends Section 29.009, Education Code, to make a conforming
change. 

SECTION 3. Effective date: upon passage.
           Makes application of this Act prospective to the 2001-2002
school year.