Bill Text: TX SB1586 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide certain public school students an opportunity to visit the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Education [SB1586 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1586-Introduced.html
| 88R2466 ANG-D | ||
| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1586 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide certain | ||
| public school students an opportunity to visit the State Capitol. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 29.919 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.919. GRANT PROGRAM FOR STATE CAPITOL VISITS. (a) | ||
| From funds appropriated or otherwise available for that purpose, | ||
| the commissioner shall establish a grant program under which grants | ||
| are awarded to schools that receive federal funding under Title I, | ||
| Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 6301 et seq.) to provide students an opportunity to visit the State | ||
| Capitol as part of a course, extracurricular activity, or field | ||
| trip. | ||
| (b) The commissioner shall adopt procedures for a school to | ||
| apply for a grant under this section. | ||
| (c) The commissioner may solicit and accept gifts, grants, | ||
| and donations from any public or private source for the purposes of | ||
| this section. | ||
| (d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| establish and administer the grant program for State Capitol visits | ||
| under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt rules to | ||
| implement the grant program for State Capitol visits under Section | ||
| 29.919, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
