Bill Text: TX HB324 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 324 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a study of and report on public and private after-school programs.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-15 - Referred to Public Education [HB324 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB324-Introduced.html

	82R1796 VOO-D

	By: Johnson	H.B. No. 324



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a study of and report on public and private after-school
	programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 29.9181 to read as follows:
	Sec. 29.9181. STUDY OF AND REPORT ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
	AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. (a) In this section, "after-school
	program" means a program designed to provide care for and education
	enhancement to school-age children during a period immediately
	following the end of the school day.
	(b) The agency shall conduct a study of public and private
	after-school programs in this state to determine:
	(1) the number of children served by a public or
	private after-school program;
	(2) the number and location of children who could
	benefit from but are not served by an after-school program;
	(3) federal, state, and local funding sources and
	amounts that currently support after-school programs;
	(4) the extent of any effect of after-school programs
	on reducing the dropout rate and improving academic performance;
	and
	(5) the best practices for after-school programs to
	achieve a reduction in the dropout rate and improvement in academic
	performance.
	(c) Not later than December 1, 2012, the agency shall submit
	to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house
	of representatives, and the presiding officer of each legislative
	standing committee with primary jurisdiction over primary and
	secondary education a written report that contains the results of
	the study under Subsection (b).
	(d) This section expires December 31, 2012.
	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, 2011.