By: Uresti H.B. No. 4084
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to enrollment of a student in a prekindergarten program
offered by a public school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.153, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows:
(g) The commissioner shall adopt a uniform schedule that
provides the period during which school districts may enroll
students in a prekindergarten program for the following school
year. The period for enrollment under the uniform schedule adopted
by the commissioner must be at least 10 school days. Except as
provided by Subsection (h), a school district may not enroll a
student in a prekindergarten program during any other period.
(h) A school district may adopt a policy that allows a
student to enroll after the enrollment period if the student:
(1) becomes a resident of the district after the
enrollment period; and
(2) enrolls in the district on or before the 10th day
after the date the student becomes a resident of the district.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
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, 2017.