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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring certain school districts to offer |
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district-funded or tuition-supported prekindergarten. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.1531, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A school district may offer on a tuition basis or use |
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district funds to provide[:
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[(1)] an additional half-day of prekindergarten |
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classes to children eligible for classes under Section 29.153[; and
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[(2)
half-day and full-day prekindergarten classes to
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children not eligible for classes under Section 29.153]. |
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(a-1) Each school district that offers prekindergarten |
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classes under Section 29.153 shall develop a system to notify the |
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population in the district with children of prekindergarten age who |
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are not eligible for enrollment in prekindergarten classes under |
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Section 29.153 of the availability of prekindergarten classes. The |
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district shall offer prekindergarten classes under this subsection |
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using district funds or on a tuition basis. The district shall |
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offer: |
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(1) half-day classes if the classes for children |
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eligible under Section 29.153 are half-day classes; or |
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(2) full-day classes if the classes for children |
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eligible under Section 29.153 are full-day classes. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |