By Villarreal                                         H.B. No. 1309
         77R10631 SGA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to requirements applicable to child-care workers who
 1-3     receive scholarships funded by the federal Child Care Development
 1-4     Fund.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Sections 302.006(c) and (e), Labor Code, as added
 1-7     by Chapter 1433, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session,
 1-8     1999, are amended to read as follows:
 1-9           (c)  To be eligible to receive a scholarship awarded under
1-10     this section, a person must:
1-11                 (1)  be employed in a child-care facility, as defined
1-12     by  Section 42.002, Human Resources Code;
1-13                 (2)  intend to obtain a credential, certificate, or
1-14     degree specified in Subsection (b);
1-15                 (3)  agree to work for at least 18 additional months in
1-16     a child-care facility, as defined by  Section 42.002, Human
1-17     Resources Code, that accepts federal Child Care Development Fund
1-18     subsidies and that, at the time the person begins to fulfill the
1-19     work requirement imposed by this subdivision, is located:
1-20                       (A)  within the attendance zone of a public
1-21     school campus considered low-performing under Section 39.131(b),
1-22     Education Code; or
1-23                       (B)  in an economically disadvantaged community,
1-24     as determined by the commission [for at least 18 additional
 2-1     months]; and
 2-2                 (4)  satisfy any other requirements adopted by the
 2-3     commission.
 2-4           (e)  In addition, the commission may provide for payment of a
 2-5     bonus or wage supplementation to a scholarship recipient who for 18
 2-6     months after the date of receiving the scholarship provides care
 2-7     for children younger than six years of age while remaining in the
 2-8     employment of the child-care facility that employed the person when
 2-9     the scholarship was awarded and that meets the requirements of
2-10     Subsection (c)(3).  Any bonus or wage supplementation provided
2-11     under this subsection shall be paid in equal shares by the
2-12     scholarship recipient's employer and the commission.  The
2-13     commission shall determine the amount of any bonus and the amount
2-14     and duration of any wage supplementation provided under this
2-15     subsection.
2-16           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
2-17     to a recipient of a scholarship funded by the federal Child Care
2-18     Development Fund who accepts the scholarship on or after the
2-19     effective date of this Act.
2-20           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.