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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.