Bill Text: TX SB1679 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility of certain children for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1679 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1679-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1679 |
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relating to eligibility of certain children for free | ||
prekindergarten programs in public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 29.153, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
(g) A child who is eligible for enrollment in a | ||
prekindergarten class under Subsection (b) at the age of three and | ||
enrolls in a prekindergarten class at the age of three remains | ||
eligible for enrollment in a prekindergarten class for the | ||
following school year. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1679 passed the Senate on | ||
April 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1679 passed the House on | ||
May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 97, Nays 43, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |