Amend CSSB 1 in Article VII of the bill, following the
appropriations to the Texas Workforce Commission, in Rider 27
(School Readiness Models rider, page VII-45), and replacing it with
the following:
27. School Readiness Models. Out of 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, the Commission shall match available General Revenue
from the Texas Education Agency's Early Childhood School Readiness
Program Strategy A.2.1, statewide Educational Programs in each year
of the biennium to provide at least $11.7 million in FY 2010 and at
least $11.7 million in FY 2011, or the maximum allowable funds
available under the approved match rate in each year of the
biennium, whichever is greater, to fund [, 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 the number of children
receiving child care during the 2010-11 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 programs.