Floor Packet Page No. 172
(1) On page 242, line 9, between "by" and "adding", insert
"amending Subsection (b) and".
(2) On page 242, between lines 9 and 10, insert the
following:
(b) A [If a] school [district contracts with a private entity
for the operation of the] district's prekindergarten program,
including a program operated by a private entity contracting with
the district, [the program] must at a minimum comply with the
applicable child-care licensing standards adopted by the
Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory] Services under
Section 42.042, Human Resources Code. The State Board of Education
shall adopt rules designed to ensure the school district's
compliance with the standards.
(3) On page 247, between lines 11 and 12, insert the
following appropriately numbered section in Part I, Article 2, of
the bill.
SECTION 2I.__. A school district's prekindergarten program
established before September 1, 2005, is not required to comply
with the applicable child-care standards adopted by the Department
of Family and Protective Servicees, as required by Section
29.1532(b), Education Code, as amended by this Act, until September
1, 2008.