By Wise                                                H.B. No. 420
         77R1916 CAS-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to standards that must be met by school district
 1-3     prekindergarten programs.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 29.153(g), Education Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (g)  A [If a] school district [contracts with a private
 1-8     entity for the operation of the district's] prekindergarten
 1-9     program, including a [the] program operated by a private entity
1-10     under a contract with the district, must at a minimum comply with
1-11     the applicable child-care licensing standards adopted by the
1-12     Department of Protective and Regulatory Services under Section
1-13     42.042, Human Resources Code.
1-14           SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-15     school year.
1-16           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.