| 1 | 1 | | 81R261 KKA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Raymond H.B. No. 327 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a grant program for after-school child-care programs |
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| 8 | 8 | | provided by school districts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 33.904 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 33.904. GRANTS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL CHILD-CARE PROGRAMS. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose, the commissioner |
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| 14 | 14 | | shall make grants to school districts for use in operating one or |
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| 15 | 15 | | more after-school child-care programs for students enrolled in |
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| 16 | 16 | | kindergarten through grade eight. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a school |
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| 18 | 18 | | district must apply to the commissioner in the manner and within the |
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| 19 | 19 | | time prescribed by the commissioner. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner |
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| 21 | 21 | | shall give priority to a school district that: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) is located primarily in a county: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) with a population of less than 500,000; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) in which a majority of the enrolled public |
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| 25 | 25 | | school students are from low-income families; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) proposes to use the grant to operate an |
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| 27 | 27 | | after-school child-care program at one or more schools in which a |
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| 28 | 28 | | significant number of the enrolled students are from low-income |
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| 29 | 29 | | families. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this |
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| 31 | 31 | | section, including rules defining "low-income families" for |
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| 32 | 32 | | purposes of Subsection (c). |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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