Bill Text: TX HB92 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of community-based learning centers to serve public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-09 - Filed [HB92 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB92-Introduced.html
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By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 92 |
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relating to the establishment of community-based learning centers | ||
to serve public school students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 33.915 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 33.915. COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING CENTERS. (a) In | ||
this section, "center" means a community-based learning center | ||
established under Subsection (b). | ||
(b) The agency shall establish, in collaboration with | ||
faith-based nonprofit organizations, a program for the development | ||
and operation of community-based learning centers in various school | ||
districts to provide students, including students attending a | ||
private school, course, or educational program using funds from an | ||
education savings account under the education savings account | ||
program, who qualify for compensatory education, as determined by | ||
the commissioner, with access to: | ||
(1) technology; | ||
(2) tutoring services; | ||
(3) mentoring services; | ||
(4) social and emotional support; | ||
(5) outdoor activities; | ||
(6) art; | ||
(7) sports; and | ||
(8) individually designed services and supports that | ||
may include treatment services, personal support services, or any | ||
other support necessary to improve academic and social outcomes for | ||
a student, as determined by a center. | ||
(c) The agency shall adopt minimum training and skills | ||
requirements that each individual providing services through the | ||
center must satisfy. | ||
(d) From funds appropriated for the purpose, the agency | ||
shall pay the costs for developing and operating a center. The | ||
agency shall actively seek federal grants or funds to pay costs | ||
associated with the establishment and operation of each center. | ||
(e) The agency by rule shall establish a procedure for | ||
distributing funds to a school district or other appropriate entity | ||
approved by the agency to establish and operate or contract for the | ||
operation of a center. | ||
(f) In addition to money appropriated by the legislature, | ||
the agency may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source | ||
for establishing the program. | ||
(g) The agency may adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
this section, including: | ||
(1) rules regarding an application process and | ||
eligibility criteria to develop and operate a center; and | ||
(2) rules for determining whether a student attending | ||
a private school, course, or educational program using funds from | ||
an education savings account qualifies for compensatory education | ||
for purposes of this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
last day of the legislative session. |