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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding for prekindergarten programs at certain school |
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districts that operate early high school graduation 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, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.2527. ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS WITH EARLY |
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PROGRAMS. (a) As a pilot program to enable |
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the state to evaluate the benefit of providing additional funding |
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at the prekindergarten level for [low-income] students who are |
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educationally disadvantaged, the commissioner shall provide |
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prekindergarten funding in accordance with this section to a school |
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district operating an early high school graduation program other |
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than a program under Section 28.0255 [located in a county that
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borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico]. |
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(b) The commissioner shall provide funding for a school |
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district's prekindergarten program on a half-day basis for a number |
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of [low-income] prekindergarten students who are educationally |
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disadvantaged equal to twice the number of students who received, |
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as a result of participation in an early high school graduation |
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program operated by the district, a high school diploma from the |
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district during the preceding school year after three years of |
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secondary school attendance. |
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(c) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement |
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this section. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2027 [2023]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |