Amend CSSB 1 (House committee printing) on page VII-45, in
Article VII, Rider 27, following appropriations to the Texas
Workforce Commission, as follows:
27. School Readiness Models. Out of federal funds
appropriated to the Texas Workforce Commission in Strategies A.3.1,
TANF Choices Child Care; A.3.2, Transitional Child Care; and A.3.3,
At-Risk Child Care, up to $50 million for the biennium shall be made
available to child care providers participating in integrated
school readiness models developed by the State Center for Early
Childhood Development at the University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston. [This initiative shall be implemented in a way
to avoid any decline in the number of children receiving child care
during the 2010-2011 biennium.] Not later than December 1st of each
even-numbered year, the State Center for Early Childhood
Development shall report to the Legislative Budget Board and the
Office of the Governor the detailed use of all state funds expended
by the center for early childhood education services.