86R1346 CAE-D
 
  By: Wu H.B. No. 752
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain
  children.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.153(c), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  A prekindergarten class under this section shall be
  operated on a full-day [half-day] basis. A district is not required
  to provide transportation for a prekindergarten class, but
  transportation, if provided, is included for funding purposes as
  part of the regular transportation system.
         SECTION 2.  Section 29.1531(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A school district may offer on a tuition basis or use
  district funds to provide[:
               [(1)     an additional half-day of prekindergarten
  classes to children eligible for classes under Section 29.153; and
               [(2)]  half-day and full-day prekindergarten classes
  to children not eligible for classes under Section 29.153.
         SECTION 3.  Section 29.166(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A school district is eligible for full-day [half-day]
  funding under the Foundation School Program for each student who
  satisfies eligibility requirements under Section 29.153(b) and who
  is enrolled in a program class.
         SECTION 4.  This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
  school year.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.