By Coleman H.B. No. 1570
77R5407 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to eligibility for public school prekindergarten classes.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 29.153(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (b) A child is eligible for enrollment in a prekindergarten
1-7 class if the child is at least three years of age and [is]:
1-8 (1) is unable to speak and comprehend the English
1-9 language;
1-10 (2) has a family income that is not more than 200
1-11 percent of the federal poverty level according to the poverty index
1-12 prepared by the federal Office of Management and Budget
1-13 [educationally disadvantaged]; or
1-14 (3) is homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section
1-15 11302, regardless of the residence of the child, of either parent
1-16 of the child, or of the child's guardian or other person having
1-17 lawful control of the child.
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-19 school year.
1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.