Bill Text: TX HB357 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of the children of certain first responders for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB357 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB357-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of the children of certain first responders for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB357 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB357-Comm_Sub.html
By: Huberty, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) | H.B. No. 357 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017; | ||
May 19, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State | ||
Affairs; May 19, 2017, rereferred to Committee on Intergovernmental | ||
Relations; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the eligibility of the children of certain first | ||
responders for free prekindergarten programs in public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 29.153(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) A child is eligible for enrollment in a prekindergarten | ||
class under this section if the child is at least three years of age | ||
and: | ||
(1) is unable to speak and comprehend the English | ||
language; | ||
(2) is educationally disadvantaged; | ||
(3) is a homeless child, as defined by 42 U.S.C. | ||
Section 11434a, regardless of the residence of the child, of either | ||
parent of the child, or of the child's guardian or other person | ||
having lawful control of the child; | ||
(4) is the child of an active duty member of the armed | ||
forces of the United States, including the state military forces or | ||
a reserve component of the armed forces, who is ordered to active | ||
duty by proper authority; | ||
(5) is the child of a member of the armed forces of the | ||
United States, including the state military forces or a reserve | ||
component of the armed forces, who was injured or killed while | ||
serving on active duty; [ |
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(6) is or ever has been in the conservatorship of the | ||
Department of Family and Protective Services following an adversary | ||
hearing held as provided by Section 262.201, Family Code; or | ||
(7) is the child of a person eligible for the Star of | ||
Texas Award as: | ||
(A) a peace officer under Section 3106.002, | ||
Government Code; | ||
(B) a firefighter under Section 3106.003, | ||
Government Code; or | ||
(C) an emergency medical first responder under | ||
Section 3106.004, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
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, 2017. | ||
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