Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2256 Compare Versions

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22 By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 2256
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the authority of the governor to transfer to the Texas
88 Education Agency for prekindergarten programs amounts appropriated
99 to trusteed programs in the office of the governor.
1010 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1111 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 401, Government Code, is
1212 amended by adding Section 401.107 to read as follows:
1313 Sec. 401.107. TRANSFERS FOR PREKINDERGARTEN. (a)
1414 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governor may
1515 transfer to the Texas Education Agency any amounts appropriated to
1616 a trusteed program within the office of the governor.
1717 (b) Any amounts transferred by the governor under this
1818 section may be used by the Texas Education Agency only to finance
1919 amounts to which school districts are entitled under the Foundation
2020 School Program on the basis of the number of students in average
2121 daily attendance in prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E,
2222 Chapter 29, Education Code.
2323 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.