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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE BILL 6 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Hale |
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| 5 | 5 | | SENATE BILL 753 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Yager |
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| 9 | 9 | | SB0753 |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Chapter 6, relative to early childhood education. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-104, is amended by deleting |
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| 18 | 18 | | subdivision (c)(2) and substituting: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) If the number of at-risk children seeking to enroll in an LEA's voluntary pre- |
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| 20 | 20 | | kindergarten program on the date of the initial enrollment deadline does not meet the |
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| 21 | 21 | | maximum class size of the pre-kindergarten classroom provided by the LEA as part of |
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| 22 | 22 | | the LEA's voluntary pre-kindergarten program, then the LEA may enroll children who are |
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| 23 | 23 | | not at-risk children, but who: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) Reside within the geographic area served by the LEA and who are: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (i) Four (4) years of age, with or without a disability, on or before |
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| 26 | 26 | | August 15; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (ii) Three (3) years of age on or before August 15 and: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) Who have been in the Tennessee Early Intervention |
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| 29 | 29 | | System (TEIS); or |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) Who are screened and identified as educationally at- |
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| 31 | 31 | | risk, as determined pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities |
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| 32 | 32 | | Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.); or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (iii) Three (3) years of age on or before August 15, who are |
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| 34 | 34 | | members of families with incomes that meet the eligibility requirements |
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| 39 | 39 | | for free or reduced-price lunch, as determined pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1771; or |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) |
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| 42 | 42 | | (i) Reside outside the geographic area served by the LEA; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (ii) Are children of a parent employed by the LEA; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (iii) Are four (4) years of age on or before August 15. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-104, is amended by adding the |
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| 46 | 46 | | following as a new subsection: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (f) An LEA that authorizes a child to enroll in the LEA's voluntary pre- |
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| 48 | 48 | | kindergarten program pursuant to subdivision (c)(2)(B) may charge the child's parent |
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| 49 | 49 | | tuition and fees in an amount that is no more than the LEA's costs of the child enrolling |
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| 50 | 50 | | and attending the program. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-107(d), is amended by adding ", |
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| 52 | 52 | | except as authorized pursuant to § 49-6-104(f)" after "§§ 49-6-103 — 49-6-110". |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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