By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1813
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 24, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 20, 2011,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 20, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1813 By: Davis
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of the Education Code to Head Start
programs and the authority of the commissioner of education to make
a certain determination regarding those programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 4.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 4.003. APPLICABILITY TO HEAD START PROGRAMS. A
provision in this title applies to a Head Start program only to the
extent that the provision explicitly provides for that
applicability.
SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 7.031, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(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,
regardless of whether the Head Start program facilities are located
on a school district campus.
SECTION 3. 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.
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