88R5798 MM-F
By: Dutton H.B. No. 1614
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility for free prekindergarten programs in
public schools of certain children who are eligible for the
subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce
Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.153, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), any child who is at
least three years of age is eligible for enrollment in a
prekindergarten class under this section if:
(1) the class is provided through a partnership
between a school district or open-enrollment charter school and a
community-based child-care provider described by Subsection (g);
and
(2) the child is eligible for subsidized child-care
services provided through the child-care services program
administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
SECTION 2. Section 29.153(b-1), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with the 2023-2024 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, 2023.