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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a grant program for after-school child-care programs |
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provided by school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.904 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.904. GRANTS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL CHILD-CARE PROGRAMS. |
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(a) From funds appropriated for the purpose, the commissioner |
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shall make grants to school districts for use in operating one or |
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more after-school child-care programs for students enrolled in |
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kindergarten through grade eight. |
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(b) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a school |
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district must apply to the commissioner in the manner and within the |
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time prescribed by the commissioner. |
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(c) In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner |
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shall give priority to a school district that: |
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(1) is located primarily in a county: |
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(A) with a population of less than 500,000; and |
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(B) in which a majority of the enrolled public |
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school students are from low-income families; and |
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(2) proposes to use the grant to operate an |
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after-school child-care program at one or more schools in which a |
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significant number of the enrolled students are from low-income |
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families. |
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(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this |
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section, including rules defining "low-income families" for |
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purposes of Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |