86R2254 MM-D
 
  By: Lucio S.B. No. 725
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to funding for prekindergarten programs at certain school
  districts that operate early high school graduation programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.2527, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 42.2527.  ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS WITH EARLY
  HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PROGRAMS. (a)  As a pilot program to enable
  the state to evaluate the benefit of providing additional funding
  at the prekindergarten level for [low-income] students who are
  educationally disadvantaged, the commissioner shall provide
  prekindergarten funding in accordance with this section to a school
  district operating an early high school graduation program other
  than a program under Section 28.0255 [located in a county that
  borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico].
         (b)  The commissioner shall provide funding for a school
  district's prekindergarten program on a half-day basis for a number
  of [low-income] prekindergarten students who are educationally
  disadvantaged equal to twice the number of students who received,
  as a result of participation in an early high school graduation
  program operated by the district, a high school diploma from the
  district during the preceding school year after three years of
  secondary school attendance.
         (c)  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement
  this section.
         (d)  This section expires September 1, 2027 [2023].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.