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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 |
By: Lucio |
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Amend S.B. 2270 by adding the following appropriately |
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numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent |
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SECTIONS of the bill appropriately: |
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SECTION 2. The commissioner of education is required to |
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implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates money |
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specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not |
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appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the commissioner |
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of education may, but is not required to, implement this Act using |
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other appropriations available for the purpose. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to expansion of a pilot program under the foundation |
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school program for funding prekindergarten programs provided by |
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certain school districts with early high school graduation |
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programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.2527(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) As a pilot program to enable the state to evaluate the |
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benefit of providing additional funding at the prekindergarten |
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level for low-income students, the commissioner shall provide |
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prekindergarten funding in accordance with this section to a school |
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district located in the regional boundaries of the Region 1 |
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education service center [a county that borders the United Mexican
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States and the Gulf of Mexico]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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