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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study and report on early childhood education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.1581 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.1581. STUDY AND REPORT ON EARLY CHILDHOOD |
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EDUCATION. (a) The agency, in collaboration with the Texas |
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Workforce Commission and the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services, shall conduct a study and compile a report on |
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public-private partnerships regarding early childhood education. |
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(b) The study must identify: |
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(1) methods to streamline the process under which a |
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public-private partnership for early childhood education is |
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established; |
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(2) current areas of coordination between state |
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agencies that perform or provide services for children, including |
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areas in which either organizational silos or collaboration exist; |
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and |
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(3) the sources and uses of early childhood education |
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funding. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2016, the agency shall report |
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the agency's findings and recommendations to the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, |
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and the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction |
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over public education. The agency shall include in its report: |
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(1) a description of services provided by each state |
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agency related to early childhood education, including the |
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following for each service: |
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(A) funding mechanisms; and |
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(B) tools for monitoring and tracking |
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utilization, outcomes, and program effectiveness; |
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(2) recommended efforts to streamline the process |
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under which a public-private partnership for early childhood |
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education is established; and |
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(3) recommended new programs of early childhood |
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education or enhancements to existing programs. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |