Bill Text: TX HB1593 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the engagement strategies included in a school district's family engagement plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB1593 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1593-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1593 |
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relating to the engagement strategies included in a school | ||
district's family engagement plan. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 29.168(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The agency shall collaborate with other state agencies, | ||
including the Health and Human Services Commission, that provide | ||
services for children from birth through five years of age to | ||
establish prioritized family engagement strategies to be included | ||
in a school district's family engagement plan. A parent-teacher | ||
organization, community group, or faith-based institution may | ||
submit to the agency recommendations regarding the establishment of | ||
family engagement strategies, and the agency, in establishing the | ||
family engagement strategies, shall consider any received | ||
recommendations. The engagement strategies must [ |
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(1) be based on empirical research; [ |
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(2) be proven to demonstrate significant positive | ||
short-term and long-term outcomes for early childhood education; | ||
and | ||
(3) include programs and interventions that engage a | ||
family in supporting a student's learning at home. | ||
SECTION 2. 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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1593 was passed by the House on April | ||
20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1593 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |