By:  Lindsay                                           S.B. No. 592
         2001S0440/1                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to public school prekindergarten programs.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
 1-5     amended by adding Section 25.005 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 25.005.  TUITION FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN ATTENDING
 1-7     PREKINDERGARTEN.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
 1-8     code, if a school district has adopted a policy for admitting a
 1-9     child younger than five years of age who is not eligible for
1-10     enrollment under Section 29.153(b), the school district may charge
1-11     tuition for the attendance of that child.
1-12           (b)  A tuition charge under this section must be submitted to
1-13     the commissioner for approval.
1-14           (c)  The attendance of the child is not counted for purposes
1-15     of allocating state funds to the district.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-17     school year.
1-18           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-21     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.