By: Villarreal H.B. No. 133
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a full-day prekindergarten program provided by public
school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.153, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A prekindergarten class under this section shall be
operated on a full half-day basis. A district is not required to
provide transportation for a prekindergarten class, but
transportation, if provided, is included for funding purposes as
part of the regular transportation system.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.1511 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.1511. FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN ALLOTMENT. For each
student in average daily attendance in a full-day prekindergarten
program under Subchapter E-1, Chapter 29, a district is entitled to
an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic allotment
multiplied by 0.2.
SECTION 3. Section 25.112(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school
district may not enroll more than 22 students in a kindergarten,
first, second, third, or fourth grade class or 18 students in a
prekindergarten class. That limitation does not apply during:
(1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by
the district, in the case of a district whose average daily
attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or
(2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of
any other district.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2014-2015
school year.
SECTION 5. 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, 2011.