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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to calculation of average daily attendance for school |
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districts providing certain full-day prekindergarten programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: |
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(a-3) Notwithstanding Section 29.153(c), in computing the |
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sum of attendance under Subsection (a) for a school year, a school |
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district may include full days of attendance for each |
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prekindergarten student who attends a full-day prekindergarten |
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program offered by the district, provided that: |
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(1) the student is eligible for prekindergarten under |
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Section 29.153; |
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(2) the district does not charge tuition for the |
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student's enrollment in the program; and |
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(3) the program complies with the requirements |
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regarding high quality specified in Subchapter E-1, Chapter 29. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |