Bill Text: TX HB1335 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program for certain children with special needs and other educational disadvantages.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1335 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1335-Introduced.html
By: Simmons | H.B. No. 1335 |
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relating to the establishment of an education savings account | ||
program for certain children with special needs and other | ||
educational disadvantages. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter J to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER J. EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM | ||
Sec. 29.351. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "Account" means an education savings account | ||
established under the program. | ||
(2) "Child with a disability" means a child who is: | ||
(A) eligible to participate in a school | ||
district's special education program under Section 29.003; or | ||
(B) covered by Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of | ||
1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794). | ||
(3) "Curriculum" means a complete course of study for | ||
a particular content area or grade level. | ||
(4) "Financial institution" means a bank, credit | ||
union, savings bank, or savings and loan association organized | ||
under the laws of this state, the laws of another state, or federal | ||
law that has its main office or a branch office in this state. The | ||
term does not include any institution the deposits of which are not | ||
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the | ||
National Credit Union Administration. | ||
(5) "Parent" means a resident of this state who is a | ||
natural or adoptive parent, managing or possessory conservator, | ||
legal guardian, custodian, or other person with legal authority to | ||
act on behalf of a child. | ||
(6) "Postsecondary educational institution" means: | ||
(A) an institution of higher education or a | ||
private or independent institution of higher education as defined | ||
by Section 61.003; or | ||
(B) a career school or college as defined by | ||
Section 132.001. | ||
(7) "Program" means the education savings account | ||
program established under this subchapter. | ||
(8) "Program participant" means a child and a parent | ||
of a child enrolled in the program. | ||
Sec. 29.352. PURPOSES. The purposes of the education | ||
savings account program are to: | ||
(1) improve public schools and overall academic | ||
performance; | ||
(2) promote efficiency; | ||
(3) promote and preserve the liberties and rights of | ||
the people; and | ||
(4) increase parental options. | ||
Sec. 29.353. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
comptroller shall establish and administer an education savings | ||
account program to provide funding for certain education-related | ||
expenses of eligible children. | ||
(b) The comptroller, with cooperation from the agency, | ||
shall ensure that information about the program is readily | ||
available to the public through various sources, including the | ||
comptroller's Internet website. The comptroller shall make | ||
information about the program available to parents of an eligible | ||
child through the comptroller's Internet website. | ||
Sec. 29.354. ELIGIBLE CHILD. (a) A child is eligible to | ||
participate in the program if the child is eligible to attend a | ||
public school under Section 25.001 and: | ||
(1) is a child with a disability; | ||
(2) is in the conservatorship of the Department of | ||
Family and Protective Services; | ||
(3) has been: | ||
(A) on or after September 1, 2017, found by a | ||
school district to be a victim of bullying, as defined by Section | ||
37.0832; or | ||
(B) found by a court or jury to have engaged in | ||
truant conduct under Section 65.101, Family Code; | ||
(4) has dropped out of school or is a student at risk | ||
of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081, other than | ||
a student described by Section 29.081(d)(12); | ||
(5) is a homeless child or youth as described by 42 | ||
U.S.C. Section 11434a; or | ||
(6) has been, as determined by the comptroller, a | ||
victim of an offense described by any of the following sections of | ||
the Penal Code: | ||
(A) Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons); | ||
(B) Section 20A.03 (Continuous Trafficking of | ||
Persons); | ||
(C) Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of | ||
Young Child or Children); | ||
(D) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child); | ||
(E) Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault); | ||
(F) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault); | ||
or | ||
(G) Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution). | ||
(b) A child who establishes eligibility under this section | ||
may participate in the program until the earliest of the following | ||
dates: | ||
(1) the date on which the child no longer meets the | ||
eligibility requirements under Subsection (a); | ||
(2) the date that is three months after the date on | ||
which the child either: | ||
(i) graduates from high school; or, | ||
(ii) receives a high school equivalency | ||
certificate under Education Code Section 7.111; | ||
(3) the date on which the child enrolls in a public | ||
school, including an open-enrollment charter school; or | ||
(4) the date on which the child is declared ineligible | ||
for the program by the comptroller under this subchapter. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the comptroller shall | ||
establish guidelines for, in the least disruptive manner possible: | ||
(1) a child participating in the program to cease | ||
participation and enroll in a public school, including an | ||
open-enrollment charter school; and | ||
(2) a child who previously participated in the program | ||
and subsequently enrolled in a public school, including an | ||
open-enrollment charter school, to resume participation in the | ||
program. | ||
Sec. 29.355. ENROLLMENT IN PROGRAM. (a) A parent of an | ||
eligible child may enroll the child in the program for the following | ||
school year. | ||
(b) The comptroller shall by rule create an enrollment form | ||
for the program and make the enrollment form readily available to | ||
interested parents through various sources, including the | ||
comptroller's Internet website. | ||
(c) The comptroller shall work with the agency to include | ||
necessary information in the enrollment form including resident | ||
school district, last public school attended, information | ||
necessary to identify the student in district and agency | ||
information systems, and eligibility for free and reduced lunch. | ||
(d) The comptroller shall provide to each parent who submits | ||
an enrollment form a publication that describes the operation of | ||
the program, including: | ||
(1) expenses allowed under the program under Section | ||
29.357; | ||
(2) expense reporting requirements; and | ||
(3) a description of the responsibilities of program | ||
participants and the duties of the comptroller under this | ||
subchapter. | ||
Sec. 29.356. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM. (a) To receive | ||
funding under the program, a parent of an eligible child must agree | ||
to: | ||
(1) spend funds received through the program only for | ||
expenses allowed under Section 29.357; | ||
(2) notify the comptroller if the child enrolls in a | ||
public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, not | ||
later than the 30th day after the date of enrollment; and | ||
(3) inform the comptroller if the child graduates from | ||
high school. | ||
(b) The parent of a child participating in the program is | ||
the trustee of the child's account. | ||
(c) The comptroller shall provide annually to each program | ||
participant the publication provided under Section 29.355(c). | ||
Sec. 29.357. APPROVED EDUCATION-RELATED EXPENSES. (a) | ||
Funds received under the program may be used only for the following | ||
expenses incurred by a program participant: | ||
(1) tuition and fees: | ||
(A) at a private school accredited by an | ||
organization that is recognized by the Texas Private School | ||
Accreditation Commission; | ||
(B) at a postsecondary educational institution | ||
for courses eligible for the College Credit Program at Education | ||
Code Sec. 28.009 for which the student may receive high school | ||
credit based on the written agreement drawn up by the partner | ||
institutions; or | ||
(C) for an online educational course or program | ||
through the State Virtual School Network as provided at Education | ||
Code Chapter 30A for which the student may earn primary or secondary | ||
school credit; | ||
(2) the purchase of textbooks or other instructional | ||
materials; | ||
(3) payments for the purchase of a curriculum; | ||
(4) fees for classes or other educational services | ||
provided by a public school, if the classes or services do not | ||
qualify the child to be included in the school's average daily | ||
attendance; | ||
(5) fees for services provided by a private tutor or | ||
teaching service; | ||
(6) for a child with a disability, fees for | ||
educational therapies or services provided by a practitioner or | ||
provider, only for fees that are not covered by any federal, state, | ||
or local government benefits (including Medicaid and the | ||
Children's Health Insurance Program) or by any private insurance | ||
that the child is enrolled in at the time of receiving the | ||
therapies or services; | ||
(7) costs of computer hardware and software and other | ||
technological devices which must have a clear ability to be used for | ||
educational purposes, not to exceed in any year 10 percent of the | ||
total amount paid to the program participant's account that year; | ||
(8) fees for a nationally norm-referenced achievement | ||
test or examination, an assessment instrument adopted by the agency | ||
under Section 39.023, an advanced placement test or similar | ||
examination, or any examination related to college or university | ||
admission; | ||
(9) contributions to a qualified tuition program | ||
established for the child that meets the requirements of Section | ||
529 or 530, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, not to exceed in any year | ||
25 percent of the total amount paid to the program participant's | ||
account that year; and | ||
(10) fees for the management of the participant's | ||
account charged by a financial institution. | ||
(b) Expenses allowed under Subsection (a) do not include | ||
expenses for: | ||
(1) consumable supplies, including paper, pens, | ||
pencils, folders, and notebooks; | ||
(2) food; or | ||
(3) before-school or after-school child care and child | ||
care during school holidays and vacations. | ||
(c) An education service provider or vendor of educational | ||
products must provide a program participant with a receipt for each | ||
expense allowed under Subsection (a) charged by the provider or | ||
vendor to the participant. | ||
(d) The content or religious nature of a product or service | ||
may not be considered in determining whether a payment for the | ||
product or service is an expense allowed under Subsection (a). | ||
(e) A finding that a program participant used funds | ||
distributed under the program to pay for an expense not allowed | ||
under Subsection (a) does not affect the validity of any payment | ||
made by the participant for an expense that is allowed under that | ||
subsection. | ||
Sec. 29.358. AMOUNT OF PAYMENT; FINANCING. (a) A parent of | ||
an eligible child as described in Section 29.354 shall receive each | ||
year that the child participates in the program a payment from the | ||
Foundation School Program to the child's account in an amount that | ||
is equal to 90 percent of the greater of, presuming 100% attendance | ||
rate: | ||
(1) Funding the students would have generated in both | ||
state and local funds at their resident district excluding | ||
Subchapter C, Chapter 42 except for Sections 42.151, 42.152 and | ||
42.160 which shall be based on funding factors for which the student | ||
qualified from the most recent year in attendance at a public school | ||
unless enrollment in the program under this subchapter indicates a | ||
change in eligibility status for those funding sections; or | ||
(2) Funding the student would have generated in both | ||
state and local funds at their resident district excluding | ||
Subchapter C, Chapter 42 except for Sections 42.151, 42.152 and | ||
42.160 which shall be based on the average at the resident district | ||
of each special allotment under Sections 42.151 and 42.152, for | ||
which the student's enrollment in the program under this subchapter | ||
indicates eligibility. | ||
(b) If the child is eligible to participate based on more | ||
than one group listed in Section 29.354(a), the payment under this | ||
subsection is based on the group that would result in the greatest | ||
payment amount. | ||
(c) Any funds remaining in a child's account at the end of a | ||
fiscal year are carried forward to the next fiscal year unless | ||
another provision of this subchapter mandates the closure of the | ||
account. | ||
(d) The parent of a child participating in the program may | ||
make payments for the expenses of educational programs, services, | ||
and products not covered by funds in the child's account. | ||
(e) A payment under the program may not be financed using | ||
federal funds or money appropriated from the available school | ||
fund. | ||
Sec. 29.359. ADMINISTRATION OF ACCOUNTS. (a) The | ||
comptroller may contract with one or more financial institutions to | ||
establish and manage an account for each child participating in the | ||
program. A program participant must be able to access the | ||
participant's account by using a debit card or online or electronic | ||
transfer payment service. | ||
(b) The comptroller shall make quarterly payments to each | ||
program participant's account in equal amounts on or before the | ||
15th day of August, November, February, and May. | ||
(c) The comptroller may deduct an amount from each quarterly | ||
payment to a program participant's account to cover the | ||
comptroller's cost of administering the program. The amount | ||
deducted may not exceed three percent of the payment. | ||
(d) Within the first month following the end of each fiscal | ||
year, the comptroller shall reconcile payments made to and from all | ||
accounts under the program. | ||
(e) The comptroller shall coordinate as necessary to | ||
calculate annually the savings to the state from the implementation | ||
of the program. | ||
(f) On the date on which a child ceases to participate in the | ||
program for any reason, the child's account is closed and any | ||
remaining funds are returned to the state for deposit in the | ||
foundation school fund. This subsection does not affect a child's | ||
eligibility to resume participation in the program. | ||
(g) The comptroller may contract with a private entity to | ||
administer all or any part of the program. | ||
Sec. 29.360. RANDOM AUDITING OF ACCOUNTS. (a) The | ||
comptroller shall randomly audit, or contract with a private entity | ||
to randomly audit, accounts as necessary to ensure compliance with | ||
applicable law and the requirements of the program. | ||
(b) In auditing an account, the comptroller or private | ||
entity may require that a program participant provide further | ||
information and documentation regarding any payment from the | ||
participant's account. | ||
(c) The private entity shall report to the comptroller any | ||
violation of this subchapter or other relevant law found by the | ||
entity during an audit conducted under this section. | ||
Sec. 29.361. SUSPENSION OF ACCOUNT. (a) The comptroller | ||
shall suspend the account of a program participant who fails to | ||
comply with applicable law or a requirement of the program, | ||
including a requirement under Section 29.356(a), or who | ||
substantially misuses funds received under the program. | ||
(b) On suspension of an account under Subsection (a), the | ||
comptroller shall notify the participant in writing that the | ||
account has been suspended and that no further payments may be made | ||
from the account. The notification must specify the grounds for the | ||
suspension and state that the participant has 10 business days to | ||
respond and take any corrective action required by the comptroller. | ||
(c) On the expiration of the 10-day period under Subsection | ||
(b), the comptroller shall: | ||
(1) order permanent closure of the suspended account | ||
and declare the participant ineligible for the program; | ||
(2) order temporary reinstatement of the account, | ||
conditioned on the performance of a specified action by the | ||
participant; or | ||
(3) order full reinstatement of the account. | ||
(d) If a program participant's account is suspended or | ||
closed under this section, the comptroller may recover funds that | ||
were used for expenses not allowed under Section 29.357(a) from the | ||
participant or the entity that received the funds. | ||
Sec. 29.362. TUITION AND FEES; REFUND PROHIBITED. (a) An | ||
education service provider may not charge a child participating in | ||
the program an amount greater than the standard amount charged for | ||
that service by the provider. | ||
(b) An education service provider or a vendor of educational | ||
products receiving funds distributed under the program may not in | ||
any manner rebate, refund, or credit to or share with a program | ||
participant, or any person on behalf of a participant, any program | ||
funds paid or owed by the participant to the provider or vendor. | ||
Sec. 29.363. REFERRAL TO ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) If the | ||
comptroller obtains evidence of fraudulent use of an account, the | ||
comptroller may refer the case to the attorney general for | ||
investigation. | ||
(b) With the consent of the appropriate local county or | ||
district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent | ||
jurisdiction with the consenting local prosecutor to prosecute an | ||
offense referred to the attorney general under Subsection (a). | ||
Sec. 29.364. PROVIDER ACCOUNTABILITY. (a) A private | ||
school must be accredited by an organization that is recognized by | ||
the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission to receive funds | ||
distributed under the program. | ||
(b) A private tutor or teaching service and a practitioner | ||
or provider who provides educational therapies or services for a | ||
child with a disability must be licensed or accredited by a regional | ||
or national accrediting organization to receive funds distributed | ||
under the program. | ||
Sec. 29.365. PROGRAM PARTICIPANT, PROVIDER, AND VENDOR | ||
AUTONOMY. (a) An education service provider or vendor of | ||
educational products that receives funds distributed under the | ||
program is not an agent of the state or federal government. | ||
(b) Except as provided by this subchapter, the comptroller, | ||
the agency, the State Board of Education, any other state agency, or | ||
any school district may not: | ||
(1) regulate the educational program of an education | ||
service provider or vendor of educational products that receives | ||
funds distributed under the program; or | ||
(2) exercise control or supervision over a program | ||
participant or an education service provider or vendor of | ||
educational products that receives funds distributed under the | ||
program. | ||
(c) The program does not expand the regulatory authority of | ||
the state or any school district to impose any additional | ||
regulation on an education service provider or vendor of | ||
educational products except those reasonably necessary to enforce | ||
the program as provided by this subchapter. | ||
(d) A private school may not be required to modify the | ||
school's creed, practices, admissions policies, curriculum, | ||
performance standards, or assessments to receive funds distributed | ||
under the program. | ||
(e) A private school voluntarily selected by a parent for | ||
the parent's child to attend or a parent who homeschools the | ||
parent's child, with or without governmental assistance, may not be | ||
required to comply with any state law or rule governing the | ||
applicable educational program that was not in effect on January 1, | ||
2017. | ||
(f) In any proceeding challenging a rule adopted by a state | ||
agency or officer under this subchapter, the agency or officer has | ||
the burden of proof to establish that the rule: | ||
(1) is necessary to implement or enforce the program | ||
as provided by this subchapter; and | ||
(2) does not impose an undue burden on a program | ||
participant or an education service provider or vendor of | ||
educational products that receives or seeks to receive funds | ||
distributed under the program. | ||
Sec. 29.366. STUDENT RECORDS. On request by the parent of a | ||
child participating in the program, the school district or | ||
open-enrollment charter school that the child would otherwise | ||
attend shall provide a copy of the child's school records possessed | ||
by the district or school, if any, to the child's parent or, if | ||
applicable, the private school the child attends. | ||
Sec. 29.367. REPORTING NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS. (a) Not | ||
later than October 1 of each year, the comptroller shall notify the | ||
commissioner and the Legislative Budget Board of the number of | ||
eligible children likely to participate in the program, | ||
disaggregated by the school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
school the eligible children would otherwise attend. | ||
(b) Not later than March 1 of each year, the comptroller | ||
shall provide final information to the commissioner and the | ||
Legislative Budget Board regarding the number of children | ||
participating in the program, disaggregated in the same manner as | ||
the initial information under Subsection (a). | ||
Sec. 29.368. ANNUAL SURVEY. The comptroller may conduct an | ||
annual parental satisfaction survey that asks each parent of a | ||
child participating in the program to express: | ||
(1) the parent's overall level of satisfaction with | ||
the program; and | ||
(2) the parent's opinion on specified topics and | ||
issues relevant to the effectiveness of the program. | ||
Sec. 29.369. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. The comptroller | ||
may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public | ||
or private source for any expenses related to the initial | ||
implementation or administration of the program. | ||
Sec. 29.370. AGENCY COLLECTION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. (a) | ||
The agency shall collect and maintain for each group described by | ||
Section 29.354(a) information regarding: | ||
(1) the number of students in that group enrolled at a | ||
school district; and | ||
(2) the statewide average school district entitlement | ||
amount under Chapter 42 for a student in that group. | ||
(b) The agency shall make available to the comptroller the | ||
information collected and maintained under Subsection (a). | ||
(c) The agency may collaborate with any relevant state | ||
agency or other entity in carrying out the agency's duties under | ||
this section. | ||
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
Sec. 29.371. RULES. The comptroller shall adopt rules as | ||
necessary to implement this subchapter, including: | ||
(1) rules regarding expense reporting requirements | ||
for program participants; and | ||
(2) rules for implementing this subchapter in a manner | ||
that ensures compliance with federal law regarding confidentiality | ||
of student educational information, including the Family | ||
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section | ||
1232g). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.253, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the commissioner | ||
shall adjust enrollment estimates and entitlement for each school | ||
district for each school year based on information provided by the | ||
comptroller under Section 29.367. This subsection expires | ||
September 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 58.106(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, | ||
information contained in the juvenile justice information system is | ||
confidential information for the use of the department and may not | ||
be disseminated by the department except: | ||
(1) with the permission of the juvenile offender, to | ||
military personnel of this state or the United States; | ||
(2) to a criminal justice agency as defined by Section | ||
411.082, Government Code; | ||
(3) to a noncriminal justice agency authorized by | ||
federal statute or federal executive order to receive juvenile | ||
justice record information; | ||
(4) to a juvenile justice agency; | ||
(5) to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; | ||
(6) to the office of independent ombudsman of the | ||
Texas Juvenile Justice Department; | ||
(7) to a district, county, justice, or municipal court | ||
exercising jurisdiction over a juvenile; [ |
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(8) to the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services as provided by Section 411.114, Government Code; and | ||
(9) to the comptroller for the purpose of determining | ||
a child's eligibility to participate in the education savings | ||
account program under Subchapter J, Chapter 29, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 58.204(b), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) On certification of records in a case under Section | ||
58.203, the department may permit access to the information in the | ||
juvenile justice information system relating to the case of an | ||
individual only: | ||
(1) by a criminal justice agency for a criminal | ||
justice purpose, as those terms are defined by Section 411.082, | ||
Government Code; | ||
(2) for research purposes, by the Texas Juvenile | ||
Justice Department; | ||
(3) by the person who is the subject of the records on | ||
an order from the juvenile court granting the petition filed by or | ||
on behalf of the person who is the subject of the records; | ||
(4) with the permission of the juvenile court at the | ||
request of the person who is the subject of the records; | ||
(5) with the permission of the juvenile court, by a | ||
party to a civil suit if the person who is the subject of the records | ||
has put facts relating to the person's records at issue in the suit; | ||
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(6) with the written permission of the individual, by | ||
military personnel, including a recruiter, of this state or the | ||
United States if the individual is an applicant for enlistment in | ||
the armed forces; or | ||
(7) by the comptroller for the purpose of determining | ||
the individual's eligibility to participate in the education | ||
savings account program under Subchapter J, Chapter 29, Education | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 65.202, Family Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 65.202. CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. Records and files | ||
created under this chapter may be disclosed only to: | ||
(1) the judge of the truancy court, the truant conduct | ||
prosecutor, and the staff of the judge and prosecutor; | ||
(2) the child or an attorney for the child; | ||
(3) a governmental agency if the disclosure is | ||
required or authorized by law; | ||
(4) a person or entity to whom the child is referred | ||
for treatment or services if the agency or institution disclosing | ||
the information has entered into a written confidentiality | ||
agreement with the person or entity regarding the protection of the | ||
disclosed information; | ||
(5) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the | ||
Texas Juvenile Justice Department for the purpose of maintaining | ||
statistical records of recidivism and for diagnosis and | ||
classification; | ||
(6) the agency; [ |
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(7) the comptroller for the purpose of determining a | ||
child's eligibility to participate in the education savings account | ||
program under Subchapter J, Chapter 29, Education Code; or | ||
(8) with leave of the truancy court, any other person, | ||
agency, or institution having a legitimate interest in the | ||
proceeding or in the work of the court. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 411.109, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The comptroller is entitled to obtain from the | ||
department criminal history record information maintained by the | ||
department that relates to a child for the purpose of determining | ||
the child's eligibility to participate in the education savings | ||
account program under Subchapter J, Chapter 29, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 8. Not later than 45 days after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the comptroller of public accounts shall adopt rules | ||
necessary to implement the education savings account program under | ||
Subchapter J, Chapter 29, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 9. 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, 2017. |