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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the selection of entities to perform functions required |
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of the State Center for Early Childhood Development. |
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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 29.163 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.163. DELIVERY OF CERTAIN EARLY CHILDHOOD |
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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES; REFERENCES IN LAW TO STATE CENTER FOR EARLY |
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CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of |
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this code, the agency, for any function required by this code to be |
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performed by or in coordination with the State Center for Early |
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Childhood Development, shall solicit proposals from the center and |
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other entities to perform the particular function. |
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(b) Based on the proposals received under Subsection (a), |
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the agency shall select the State Center for Early Childhood |
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Development or another appropriate entity to perform the function. |
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(c) In selecting an appropriate entity under Subsection |
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(b), the agency shall consider: |
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(1) the ability of the entity to expand performance of |
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the function on a statewide basis; and |
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(2) the potential for the arrangement with the entity |
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to result in donation of revenue to the state for purposes of early |
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childhood development programs. |
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(d) A reference in law to the State Center for Early |
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Childhood Development with respect to a particular function of the |
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center means the center or the entity selected by the agency under |
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Subsection (b) to perform that function. |
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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. |