Bill Text: TX HB55 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to requiring the reporting of certain information regarding prekindergarten programs provided by or on behalf of school districts.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Referred to Education [HB55 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB55-Engrossed.html
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| By: González of El Paso, Sanford, VanDeaver | H.B. No. 55 | |
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| relating to requiring the reporting of certain information | ||
| regarding prekindergarten programs provided by or on behalf of | ||
| school districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 29.1544 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.1544. REPORTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING | ||
| PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; AGENCY REPORT. (a) The agency by rule | ||
| shall require each school district that offers a prekindergarten | ||
| program under Section 29.153 and each private entity that provides | ||
| a prekindergarten program under contract with a school district to | ||
| report the following information in the form and manner prescribed | ||
| by the agency for each prekindergarten class offered by the | ||
| district or private entity: | ||
| (1) the number of students in each prekindergarten | ||
| class; | ||
| (2) the number of certified teachers in each | ||
| prekindergarten class; | ||
| (3) the number of teacher's aides in each | ||
| prekindergarten class; | ||
| (4) whether each prekindergarten class is full-day or | ||
| half-day; and | ||
| (5) if the district offers half-day classes, whether | ||
| the district offers two half-day classes per day. | ||
| (b) From the information submitted under Subsection (a), | ||
| the agency shall determine the total number of teachers and | ||
| teacher's aides in prekindergarten classes in this state. | ||
| (c) From the information submitted under Subsection (a) and | ||
| for purposes of calculating the student/teacher ratio for each | ||
| prekindergarten class offered by a school district or private | ||
| entity that provides a prekindergarten program under contract with | ||
| a school district, the agency shall count each teacher or teacher's | ||
| aide: | ||
| (1) once for a full-day class; and | ||
| (2) twice for a half-day class if the district offers | ||
| two half-day classes per day. | ||
| (d) Not later than August 1 of each year, the agency shall | ||
| prepare and submit a report to the legislature based on the | ||
| information collected under Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than August 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
| Education Agency shall submit the initial report required under | ||
| Section 29.1544, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
