Bill Text: TX HB1765 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Education Agency developing a strategic plan to increase enrollment in state prekindergarten programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Referred to Public Education [HB1765 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1765-Introduced.html

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84R8881 MK-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 1765

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Texas Education Agency developing a strategic plan
to increase enrollment in state prekindergarten programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Education Agency shall develop a
strategic plan to encourage student enrollment in state
prekindergarten programs. The plan must:
(1) provide that a state prekindergarten program is
preferred to student enrollment in a federal Head Start program;
and
(2) include strategies for outreach to the parents of
eligible children to enroll in state prekindergarten programs.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2016, the Texas Education
Agency shall deliver to the governor the strategic plan developed
under Subsection (a) of this section.
(c) This section expires January 1, 2017.
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, 2015.