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Amend CSHB 2 by adding the following new appropriately 
lettered part to Article 2 of the bill and relettering the 
subsequent parts accordingly:

PART ____.  PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS
	SECTION 2____.____.  Section 29.1532, Education Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (d) and 
(e) to read as follows:
	(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.
	(d)  Before a school district may implement a 
prekindergarten program, the district shall:
		(1)  investigate the possibility of sharing program 
sites with existing child-care programs licensed by the Department 
of Family and Protective Services and existing federal Head Start 
programs; and
		(2)  coordinate use of any sites to the greatest extent 
possible.    
	(e)  A school district shall implement to the greatest extent 
possible coordinated use of licensed child-care and Head Start 
sites with existing prekindergarten programs.
	SECTION 2____.____.  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 Services, as required by 
Section 29.1532(b), Education Code, as amended by this Act, until 
September 1, 2008.