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Amend CSHB 3 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 2.028 of the bill (page 72, line 33), strike "and (d-2)" and substitute "(d-2), and (g)".
(2) In SECTION 2.028 of the bill, in amended Section 29.153, Education Code (page 73, between lines 36 and 37), insert the following:
(g) Before a school district or open-enrollment charter school may construct, repurpose, or lease a classroom facility, or issue bonds for the construction or repurposing of a classroom facility, to provide the prekindergarten classes required under this section, the district or school must solicit and consider proposals for partnerships to provide those classes with community-based child-care providers who:
(1) are a Texas Rising Star Program provider with a three-star certification or higher;
(2) are nationally accredited;
(3) are a Texas School Ready! participant; or
(4) meet the requirements under Section 29.1532.