Bill Text: TX HB24 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to funding for school districts to provide inclusive and accessible playgrounds.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB24 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB24-Comm_Sub.html
| 87R131 MM-D | ||
| By: Dominguez, Guillen | H.B. No. 24 | |
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| relating to funding for school districts to provide inclusive and | ||
| accessible playgrounds. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.039 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.039. INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUNDS. From | ||
| funds appropriated for the purpose or any other available funds, | ||
| the commissioner shall distribute funds to each school district to | ||
| provide at least one playground in the district that is inclusive | ||
| and accessible for students with disabilities. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
| school year. | ||
| 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 September 1, 2021. | ||
