By: Bohac (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 1593
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;
May 3, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the engagement strategies included in a school
district's family engagement plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.168(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The agency shall collaborate with other state agencies,
including the Health and Human Services Commission, that provide
services for children from birth through five years of age to
establish prioritized family engagement strategies to be included
in a school district's family engagement plan. A parent-teacher
organization, community group, or faith-based institution may
submit to the agency recommendations regarding the establishment of
family engagement strategies, and the agency, in establishing the
family engagement strategies, shall consider any received
recommendations. The engagement strategies must [be]:
(1) be based on empirical research; [and]
(2) be proven to demonstrate significant positive
short-term and long-term outcomes for early childhood education;
and
(3) include programs and interventions that engage a
family in supporting a student's learning at home.
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, 2017.
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