85R8857 SRS-F
 
  By: Bohac H.B. No. 1593
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the engagement strategies included in a school
  district's family engagement plan.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.168(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The agency shall collaborate with other state agencies,
  including the Health and Human Services Commission, that provide
  services for children from birth through five years of age to
  establish prioritized family engagement strategies to be included
  in a school district's family engagement plan. A parent-teacher
  organization, community group, or faith-based institution may
  submit to the agency recommendations regarding the establishment of
  family engagement strategies, and the agency, in establishing the
  family engagement strategies, shall consider any received
  recommendations. The engagement strategies must [be]:
               (1)  be based on empirical research; [and]
               (2)  be proven to demonstrate significant positive
  short-term and long-term outcomes for early childhood education;
  and 
               (3)  include programs and interventions that engage a
  family in supporting a student's learning at home.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.