Bill Text: TX HB4469 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prekindergarten programs provided by public schools, including through partnerships with certain community-based child-care providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Public Education [HB4469 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4469-Introduced.html
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By: Talarico | H.B. No. 4469 |
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relating to prekindergarten programs provided by public schools, | ||
including through partnerships with certain community-based | ||
child-care providers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 29.1531(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A district that offers a prekindergarten program on a | ||
tuition basis: | ||
(1) may not adopt a tuition rate for the program that | ||
is higher than necessary to cover the added costs of providing the | ||
program, including any costs associated with collecting, | ||
reporting, and analyzing data under Section 29.1532(c); [ |
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(2) must submit the proposed tuition rate to the | ||
commissioner for approval; and | ||
(3) must demonstrate that the capacity of | ||
prekindergarten classes provided by existing Head Start or other | ||
community-based child-care programs located in the district is | ||
insufficient to meet the needs of the district. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 29.1532(c), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) A school district that offers prekindergarten classes | ||
shall include the following information in the district's Public | ||
Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report: | ||
(1) demographic information, as determined by the | ||
commissioner, on students enrolled in district and campus | ||
prekindergarten classes, including: | ||
(A) the number of students who are eligible for | ||
classes under Section 29.153; | ||
(B) the number of students enrolled in classes | ||
provided by Head Start or another community-based child-care | ||
provider through a partnership with the district; and | ||
(C) the number of students enrolled in | ||
prekindergarten classes who are not eligible for prekindergarten | ||
classes under Section 29.153; | ||
(2) the numbers of half-day and full-day | ||
prekindergarten classes offered by the district and campus; | ||
(3) the number of half-day prekindergarten classes for | ||
which the district has received an exemption from full-day | ||
operation under Section 29.153(d); | ||
(4) the sources of funding for the prekindergarten | ||
classes; | ||
(5) the class size and ratio of instructional staff to | ||
students for each prekindergarten program class offered by the | ||
district and campus; | ||
(6) if the district elects to administer an assessment | ||
instrument under Section 29.169 to students enrolled in district | ||
and campus prekindergarten program classes, a description and the | ||
results of each type of assessment instrument; and | ||
(7) curricula used in the district's prekindergarten | ||
program classes. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 29.1533, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.1533. ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF [ |
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PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM. Before establishing a new | ||
prekindergarten program or expanding an existing prekindergarten | ||
program, a school district shall solicit and consider proposals for | ||
partnerships to provide [ |
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prekindergarten classes with community-based child-care providers | ||
who meet the requirements of Section 29.153(g) in a manner that | ||
allows the child to enroll in both the school district and the | ||
program provided by the community-based child-care provider | ||
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SECTION 4. Section 29.154, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.154. EVALUATION OF PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS. The | ||
commissioner of education, in consultation with the executive | ||
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission and the | ||
commissioners of the Texas Workforce Commission [ |
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shall monitor and annually evaluate prekindergarten programs as to | ||
their developmental appropriateness. The commissioners shall also | ||
evaluate the potential for coordination on a statewide basis of | ||
prekindergarten programs with community-based [ |
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early childhood care and education programs such as child care | ||
administered under Chapter 44, Human Resources Code, and federal | ||
Head Start programs. [ |
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purpose of providing cost-effective care for children during the | ||
full workday with developmentally appropriate curriculum, the | ||
commissioners shall investigate the use of existing child-care | ||
program sites as prekindergarten sites. Following the evaluation | ||
required by this section, the commissioners, in cooperation with | ||
school districts and other program administrators, shall integrate | ||
programs, staff, and program sites for prekindergarten, | ||
child-care, and federal Head Start programs to the greatest extent | ||
possible. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 29.168(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The agency shall collaborate with other state agencies, | ||
including the Health and Human Services Commission, that provide | ||
services for children from birth through five years of age to | ||
establish prioritized family engagement strategies to be included | ||
in a school district's family engagement plan. A parent-teacher | ||
organization, community group, or faith-based institution may | ||
submit to the agency recommendations regarding the establishment of | ||
family engagement strategies, and the agency, in establishing the | ||
family engagement strategies, shall consider any received | ||
recommendations. The engagement strategies must: | ||
(1) be based on empirical research; | ||
(2) be proven to demonstrate significant positive | ||
short-term and long-term outcomes for early childhood education; | ||
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(3) include programs and interventions that engage a | ||
family in supporting a student's learning at home; and | ||
(4) include strategies for collaborating with Head | ||
Start and other community-based child-care programs. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 29.169(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district shall: | ||
(1) select and implement appropriate methods for | ||
evaluating the district's program classes by measuring student | ||
progress; [ |
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(2) make data from the results of program evaluations | ||
available to parents; and | ||
(3) include in evaluating the district's program: | ||
(A) an analysis of Head Start and other | ||
community-based child-care programs in the community with which the | ||
district could establish partnerships; and | ||
(B) strategies identified for collaborating and | ||
partnering with Head Start and other community-based child-care | ||
programs to provide more options for early learning and improve | ||
kindergarten readiness. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 8. 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. |