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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to calculation of average daily attendance for school |
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districts providing certain full-day prekindergarten programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: |
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(a-3) Notwithstanding Section 29.153(c), in computing the |
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sum of attendance under Subsection (a) for a school year, a school |
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district may include full days of attendance for each |
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prekindergarten student who attends a full-day prekindergarten |
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program offered by the district, provided that: |
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(1) the student is eligible for prekindergarten under |
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Section 29.153; |
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(2) the district does not charge tuition for the |
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student's enrollment in the program; and |
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(3) the program complies with the requirements |
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regarding high quality specified in Subchapter E-1, Chapter 29. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.005(i), Education Code, as added by |
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H.B. 2442, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(i) A district or charter school operating under Chapter 12 |
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that operates a prekindergarten program is eligible to receive |
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one-half of average daily attendance under Subsection (a) if the |
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district's or charter school's prekindergarten program provides at |
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least 32,400 minutes of instructional time to students. The |
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commissioner by rule may specify the minutes of instructional time |
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that must be provided to students for a district or charter school |
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to receive full average daily attendance under Subsection (a) for a |
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full-day prekindergarten program, as authorized by Subsection |
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(a-3). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if this |
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Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary to take effect |
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September 1, 2017, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |