86R2254 MM-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 725
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for prekindergarten programs at certain school
districts that operate early high school graduation programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.2527, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 42.2527. ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS WITH EARLY
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PROGRAMS. (a) As a pilot program to enable
the state to evaluate the benefit of providing additional funding
at the prekindergarten level for [low-income] students who are
educationally disadvantaged, the commissioner shall provide
prekindergarten funding in accordance with this section to a school
district operating an early high school graduation program other
than a program under Section 28.0255 [located in a county that
borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico].
(b) The commissioner shall provide funding for a school
district's prekindergarten program on a half-day basis for a number
of [low-income] prekindergarten students who are educationally
disadvantaged equal to twice the number of students who received,
as a result of participation in an early high school graduation
program operated by the district, a high school diploma from the
district during the preceding school year after three years of
secondary school attendance.
(c) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement
this section.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2027 [2023].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.