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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding for full-day prekindergarten programs under the |
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Foundation School Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 48.005(a) and (i), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In this chapter, average daily attendance is: |
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(1) the quotient of the sum of attendance for each day |
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of the minimum number of days of instruction as described under |
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Section 25.081(a) divided by the minimum number of days of |
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instruction; |
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(2) for a district that operates under a flexible year |
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program under Section 29.0821, the quotient of the sum of |
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attendance for each actual day of instruction as permitted by |
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Section 29.0821(b)(1) divided by the number of actual days of |
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instruction as permitted by Section 29.0821(b)(1); |
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(3) for a district that operates under a flexible |
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school day program under Section 29.0822, the average daily |
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attendance as calculated by the commissioner in accordance with |
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Sections 29.0822(d) and (d-1); or |
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(4) for a district that operates a prekindergarten |
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[half-day program or a full-day] program under Section 29.153(c): |
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(A) for a half-day program, one-half of the |
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average daily attendance calculated under Subdivision (1); or |
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(B) for a full-day program, the average daily |
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attendance calculated under Subdivision (1). |
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(i) A district or a charter school operating under Chapter |
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12 that operates a half-day prekindergarten program is eligible to |
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receive one-half of average daily attendance under Subsection (a) |
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if the district's or charter school's prekindergarten program |
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provides at least 32,400 minutes of instructional time to students. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |