85S10693 KKA-F
 
  By: Giddings H.B. No. 140
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to calculation of average daily attendance for school
  districts providing certain full-day prekindergarten programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
         (a-3)  Notwithstanding Section 29.153(c), in computing the
  sum of attendance under Subsection (a) for a school year, a school
  district may include full days of attendance for each
  prekindergarten student who attends a full-day prekindergarten
  program offered by the district, provided that:
               (1)  the student is eligible for prekindergarten under
  Section 29.153;
               (2)  the district does not charge tuition for the
  student's enrollment in the program; and
               (3)  the program complies with the requirements
  regarding high quality specified in Subchapter E-1, Chapter 29.
         SECTION 2.  Section 42.005(i), Education Code, as added by
  H.B. 2442, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (i)  A district or charter school operating under Chapter 12
  that operates a prekindergarten program is eligible to receive
  one-half of average daily attendance under Subsection (a) if the
  district's or charter school's prekindergarten program provides at
  least 32,400 minutes of instructional time to students. The
  commissioner by rule may specify the minutes of instructional time
  that must be provided to students for a district or charter school
  to receive full average daily attendance under Subsection (a) for a
  full-day prekindergarten program, as authorized by Subsection
  (a-3).
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if this
  Act 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 to take effect
  September 1, 2017, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.