By Reyna of Bexar                                     H.B. No. 2910
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to using prekindergarten grants to educate students who
 1-3     qualify for a school district's Title I program.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 29.155, Education Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
 1-7           (g)  A school district that receives a grant for operating an
 1-8     existing half-day prekindergarten program on a full-day basis may
 1-9     use the funds received under the grant to educate:
1-10                 (1)  students who are eligible students under Section
1-11     29.153(b); and
1-12                 (2)  students who are not eligible students under
1-13     Section 29.153(b) but who qualify for the school district's Title I
1-14     program.
1-15           SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-16     school year.
1-17           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-20     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.