85S10693 KKA-F
By: Giddings H.B. No. 140
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to calculation of average daily attendance for school
districts providing certain full-day prekindergarten programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows:
(a-3) Notwithstanding Section 29.153(c), in computing the
sum of attendance under Subsection (a) for a school year, a school
district may include full days of attendance for each
prekindergarten student who attends a full-day prekindergarten
program offered by the district, provided that:
(1) the student is eligible for prekindergarten under
Section 29.153;
(2) the district does not charge tuition for the
student's enrollment in the program; and
(3) the program complies with the requirements
regarding high quality specified in Subchapter E-1, Chapter 29.
SECTION 2. Section 42.005(i), Education Code, as added by
H.B. 2442, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is
amended to read as follows:
(i) A district or charter school operating under Chapter 12
that operates a prekindergarten program is eligible to receive
one-half of average daily attendance under Subsection (a) if the
district's or charter school's prekindergarten program provides at
least 32,400 minutes of instructional time to students. The
commissioner by rule may specify the minutes of instructional time
that must be provided to students for a district or charter school
to receive full average daily attendance under Subsection (a) for a
full-day prekindergarten program, as authorized by Subsection
(a-3).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if this
Act 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 to take effect
September 1, 2017, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.