H.B. No. 635
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Texas Education Agency to seek,
accept, determine eligibility for, and distribute grants available
for the benefit of public education and the establishment of
professional development institutes and payment of grants to
teachers who complete those institutes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 7.031 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.031. GRANTS. (a) The agency may seek, accept, and
distribute grants awarded by the federal government or any other
public or private entity for the benefit of public education,
subject to the limitations or conditions imposed by the terms of the
grants or by other law.
(b) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, the
commissioner may determine, solely for purposes of the program's
eligibility to receive federal grant funds, for the purpose of
technology services and support, that a Head Start program operated
in this state by a school district or a community-based
organization serves the function of an elementary school by
providing elementary education at one or more program facilities.
(c) A determination by the commissioner under Subsection
(b):
(1) does not entitle a Head Start program to receive
state funds for which the program would not otherwise be eligible;
(2) may not reduce the amount of federal grant funds
available for school districts and open-enrollment charter
schools; and
(3) may not be appealed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it 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 for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 635 was passed by the House on April
28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 635 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 635 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 635 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
635 on June 1, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor