Amend CSSB 758 (House Committee printing) by inserting the
following new SECTIONS to the bill, appropriately numbered, and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 29.153(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A child is eligible for enrollment in a prekindergarten
class under this section if the child is at least three years of age
and [is]:
(1) is unable to speak and comprehend the English
language;
(2) is educationally disadvantaged;
(3) is a homeless child, as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section
11434a [11302], regardless of the residence of the child, of either
parent of the child, or of the child's guardian or other person
having lawful control of the child;
(4) is the child of an active duty member of the armed
forces of the United States, including the state military forces or
a reserve component of the armed forces, who is ordered to active
duty by proper authority; [or]
(5) is the child of a member of the armed forces of the
United States, including the state military forces or a reserve
component of the armed forces, who was injured or killed while
serving on active duty; or
(6) is or ever has been in the conservatorship of the
Department of Family and Protective Services following an adversary
hearing held as provided by Section 262.201, Family Code.
SECTION ____. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008
school year.