81R10717 KKA-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1446
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.
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, 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.