Bill Text: TX HB4323 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Public Education [HB4323 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4323-Introduced.html
88R3113 BDP-D | ||
By: Bhojani | H.B. No. 4323 |
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relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain | ||
children. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.02124(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Subject to Subsection (c), a parent or guardian may | ||
elect for a student to: | ||
(1) repeat prekindergarten; | ||
(2) enroll in prekindergarten, if the student would | ||
have been eligible to enroll in prekindergarten during the previous | ||
school year under Section 29.153 [ |
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not yet enrolled in kindergarten; | ||
(3) repeat kindergarten; | ||
(4) enroll in kindergarten, if the student would have | ||
been eligible to enroll in kindergarten in the previous school year | ||
and has not yet enrolled in first grade; or | ||
(5) for grades one through three, repeat the grade in | ||
which the student was enrolled during the previous school year. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 29.153(a-1), (c), (c-1), and (d), | ||
Education Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A district shall offer prekindergarten classes to any | ||
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of age. [ |
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prekindergarten class offered under this section. | ||
(c) A prekindergarten class under this section [ |
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transportation for a prekindergarten class, but transportation, if | ||
provided, is included for funding purposes as part of the regular | ||
transportation system. | ||
(c-1) A prekindergarten class under this section [ |
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program standards required for high quality prekindergarten | ||
programs under Subchapter E-1. | ||
(d) Subject to Subsections (d-1) and (d-2), on application | ||
of a district, the commissioner shall exempt a district from the | ||
application of all or any part of this section, including all or any | ||
part of Subchapter E-1 for a prekindergarten class described by | ||
Subsection (c-1), if the commissioner determines that[ |
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classroom facilities in order to provide prekindergarten classes[ |
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SECTION 3. Section 29.1531(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district may offer on a tuition basis or use | ||
district funds to provide[ |
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to children not eligible for classes under Section 29.153. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 48.005(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) In this chapter, average daily attendance is: | ||
(1) the quotient of the sum of attendance for each day | ||
of the minimum number of days of instruction as described under | ||
Section 25.081(a) divided by the minimum number of days of | ||
instruction; | ||
(2) for a district that operates under a flexible year | ||
program under Section 29.0821, the quotient of the sum of | ||
attendance for each actual day of instruction as permitted by | ||
Section 29.0821(b)(1) divided by the number of actual days of | ||
instruction as permitted by Section 29.0821(b)(1); | ||
(3) for a district that operates under a flexible | ||
school day program under Section 29.0822, the average daily | ||
attendance as calculated by the commissioner in accordance with | ||
Sections 29.0822(d) and (d-1); or | ||
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average daily attendance calculated under Subdivision (1). | ||
SECTION 5. Sections 29.153(b), (e-1), and (f), Education | ||
Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 7. 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, 2023. |