Bill Text: TX HB133 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-11 - Referred to Public Education [HB133 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB133-Introduced.html
| By: Villarreal | H.B. No. 133 | |
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| relating to a full-day prekindergarten program provided by public | ||
| school districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 29.153, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A prekindergarten class under this section shall be | ||
| operated on a full |
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| provide transportation for a prekindergarten class, but | ||
| transportation, if provided, is included for funding purposes as | ||
| part of the regular transportation system. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 42.1511 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 42.1511. FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN ALLOTMENT. For each | ||
| student in average daily attendance in a full-day prekindergarten | ||
| program under Subchapter E-1, Chapter 29, a district is entitled to | ||
| an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic allotment | ||
| multiplied by 0.2. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 25.112(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school | ||
| district may not enroll more than 22 students in a kindergarten, | ||
| first, second, third, or fourth grade class or 18 students in a | ||
| prekindergarten class. That limitation does not apply during: | ||
| (1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by | ||
| the district, in the case of a district whose average daily | ||
| attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or | ||
| (2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of | ||
| any other district. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2014-2015 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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, 2011. | ||
