79R3117 KKA-D

By:  Raymond                                                      H.B. No. 1839



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a grant program for after-school child-care programs 
provided by school districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 33.904 to read as follows:
	Sec. 33.904.  GRANTS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL CHILD-CARE PROGRAMS.  
(a)  From funds appropriated for the purpose, the commissioner 
shall make grants to school districts for use in operating one or 
more after-school child-care programs for students enrolled in 
kindergarten through grade eight.
	(b)  To be eligible for a grant under this section, a school 
district must apply to the commissioner in the manner and within the 
time prescribed by the commissioner.
	(c)  In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner 
shall give priority to a school district that:
		(1)  is located primarily in a county:                                 
			(A)  with a population of less than 500,000; and                      
			(B)  in which a majority of the enrolled public 
school students are from low-income families; and
		(2)  proposes to use the grant to operate an 
after-school child-care program at one or more schools in which a 
significant number of the enrolled students are from low-income 
families.
	(d)  The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this 
section, including rules defining "low-income families" for 
purposes of Subsection (c).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.