Bill Text: TX HB324 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study of and report on public and private after-school programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-15 - Referred to Public Education [HB324 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB324-Introduced.html
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| By: Johnson | H.B. No. 324 | |
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| 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. | ||
