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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain |
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children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.153(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) A prekindergarten class under this section shall be |
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operated on a full-day [half-day] basis. A district is not required |
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to provide transportation for a prekindergarten class, but |
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transportation, if provided, is included for funding purposes as |
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part of the regular transportation system. |
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SECTION 2. Section 29.1531(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A school district may offer on a tuition basis or use |
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district funds to provide[:
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[(1)
an additional half-day of prekindergarten
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classes to children eligible for classes under Section 29.153; and
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[(2)] half-day and full-day prekindergarten classes |
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to children not eligible for classes under Section 29.153. |
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SECTION 3. Section 29.166(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A school district is eligible for full-day [half-day] |
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funding under the Foundation School Program for each student who |
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satisfies eligibility requirements under Section 29.153(b) and who |
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is enrolled in a program class. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |