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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a pilot program under the foundation school program for |
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funding prekindergarten programs provided by certain school |
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districts with early high school graduation programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.2527 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.2527. ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS WITH EARLY |
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PROGRAMS. (a) As a pilot program to enable |
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the state to evaluate the benefit of providing additional funding |
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at the prekindergarten level for low-income students, the |
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commissioner shall provide prekindergarten funding in accordance |
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with this section to a school district located in a county that |
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borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico. |
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(b) The commissioner shall provide funding for a school |
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district's prekindergarten program on a half-day basis for a number |
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of low-income prekindergarten students equal to twice the number of |
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students who received, as a result of participation in an early high |
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school graduation program operated by the district, a high school |
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diploma from the district during the preceding school year after |
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three years of secondary school attendance. |
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(c) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement |
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this section. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |