81R2026 UM-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 49
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain requirements applicable to the State Center for
Early Childhood Development.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.162 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.162. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO STATE CENTER FOR
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT. (a) The State Center for Early
Childhood Development shall:
(1) comply with the contract management requirements
prescribed by Chapter 2262, Government Code;
(2) not later than December 1 of each even-numbered
year, prepare and submit to the presiding officers of the Senate
Committee on Finance and the House Appropriations Committee a
report detailing the use of all state money provided to the center
to fund early childhood education services; and
(3) provide center staff to appear before a standing
committee of the senate or house of representatives with
jurisdiction over public primary and secondary education on request
of the presiding officer of the committee.
(b) In each even-numbered year, the State Center for Early
Childhood Development shall allow an external evaluation, by an
organization under contract with the agency for that purpose,
regarding the management and implementation of demonstration
projects authorized by Section 29.160 and the school readiness
certification system developed in accordance with Section 29.161.
(c) The organization completing the external evaluation
under Subsection (b) must be selected through a competitive process
developed by the agency.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.