85R8555 KKA-F
 
  By: Watson S.B. No. 1650
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to calculation of average daily attendance for school
  districts providing certain full-day prekindergarten programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
         (a-3)  Notwithstanding Section 29.153(c), in computing the
  sum of attendance under Subsection (a) for a school year, a school
  district may include full days of attendance for each
  prekindergarten student who attends a full-day prekindergarten
  program offered by the district, provided that:
               (1)  the student is eligible for prekindergarten under
  Section 29.153;
               (2)  the district does not charge tuition for the
  student's enrollment in the program; and
               (3)  the program complies with the requirements
  regarding high quality specified in Subchapter E-1, Chapter 29.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.