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	Amend HB 2808 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
section to the bill and renumbering the remaining sections 
appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code is 
amended by adding Section 61.0761 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.0761.  P-16  COUNCIL EARLY CHILDHOOD TASK FORCE.  (a)  
The P-16 Council shall create a blue ribbon task force on early 
childhood education to assist the council with the coordination of 
the public education system as provided by Section 61.076.  The task 
force shall:
		(1)  study the resource needs of high-quality early 
childhood care and education programs including Head Start, Early 
Head Start, prekindergarten, after-school programs, and programs 
funded with federal child-care development funds;
		(2)  recommend options to secure additional funding for 
the programs;
		(3)  build on the work of the demonstration projects 
established in accordance with Section 29.160, Education Code, and 
analyze the barriers to and recommend combined criteria for the 
integration of early childhood care and education programs and Head 
Start programs, including differences in standards required for 
teaching staff, child-to-staff ratios, and the quality of 
instruction;
		(4)  establish a plan to implement, in phases, full-day 
prekindergarten programs for at-risk children and expand the 
eligibility criteria for those programs;
		(5)  develop a common set of high standards and 
eligibility criteria for community partnerships between school 
districts, early childhood care and education programs, and Head 
Start programs; and
		(6)  recommend methods to strengthen school readiness 
standards for early childhood education programs.
	(b)  The task force shall consist of nine members appointed by 
the P-16 Council as follows:
		(1)  three members of the public recommended by the 
governor;        
		(2)  three members of the senate recommended by the 
lieutenant governor; and
		(3)  three members of the house of representatives 
recommended by the speaker of the house of representatives.
	(c)  The council shall appoint one of the public members 
recommended by the governor under Subsection (b) (1) as the public 
chair.  The lieutenant governor and speaker of the house of 
representatives shall recommend to the council that one of the 
members recommended by each presiding officer under Subsection (b) 
be appointed as co-presiding officers with the public chair.
	(d)  The task force shall convene at the call of the presiding 
officers.
	(e)  The task force may form working groups consisting of 
members of the task force, members of the public involved in early 
childhood care, and other members of the legislature.
	(f)  Not later than September 1, 2006, the task force shall 
report the task force's findings and recommendations to the P-16 
Council, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of 
representatives, and the members of the 79th Legislature.