88S30167 MEW-D
By: Johnson S.B. No. 54
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a grant program for school
districts or open-enrollment charter school campuses that are
designated as full-service community schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.910 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.910. GRANT PROGRAM FOR FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS. (a) From funds appropriated or otherwise available for
that purpose, the commissioner shall establish a program to provide
grants to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools with
campuses designated by the commissioner as full-service community
schools.
(b) The commissioner may designate a school district or
open-enrollment charter school campus as a full-service community
school if the campus provides comprehensive academic, social, and
health services for students, students' family members, and
community members that result in improved educational outcomes.
Services provided by a campus may include:
(1) high-quality early learning programs and
services;
(2) compensatory and remedial education services,
aligned with academic supports and other enrichment activities to
provide students with a comprehensive academic program;
(3) family engagement, including parental
involvement, parental leadership, family literacy, and parent
education programs;
(4) mentoring and other youth development programs;
(5) community service and service learning
opportunities;
(6) programs that provide assistance to students who
have:
(A) been chronically absent;
(B) engaged in truant behavior; or
(C) been suspended or expelled;
(7) job training and career counseling services;
(8) nutrition services and physical activities;
(9) primary health and dental care services;
(10) mental health services;
(11) activities that improve access to and use of
social service programs;
(12) programs that promote family financial
stability; and
(13) adult education programs, including programs for
providing instruction in English as a second language to adults.
(c) The commissioner may solicit and accept gifts, grants,
and donations from any public or private source for the purposes of
this section.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
establish and administer the grant program for full-service
community schools under this section.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall adopt rules for the
administration of Section 33.910, Education Code, as added by this
Act.
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.