Bill Text: TX SB42 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Education K-16 [SB42 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB42-Introduced.html
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| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 42 | |
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| relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain | ||
| children. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 29.153(a-1), (b), (c), (d), and (f), | ||
| Education Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) A district shall offer prekindergarten classes to any | ||
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| A school district may offer prekindergarten classes if the district | ||
| identifies 15 or more [ |
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| charge tuition for a prekindergarten class offered under this | ||
| section. | ||
| (b) A child is eligible for enrollment in a prekindergarten | ||
| class under this section if the child is: | ||
| (1) at least three years of age and: | ||
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| English language; | ||
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| residence of the child, of either parent of the child, or of the | ||
| child's guardian or other person having lawful control of the | ||
| child; | ||
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| of the armed forces of the United States, including the state | ||
| military forces or a reserve component of the armed forces, who is | ||
| ordered to active duty by proper authority; | ||
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| forces of the United States, including the state military forces or | ||
| a reserve component of the armed forces, who was injured or killed | ||
| while serving on active duty; | ||
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| Department of Family and Protective Services following an adversary | ||
| hearing held as provided by Section 262.201, Family Code; or | ||
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| territory, if the child resides in this state; or | ||
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| the Star of Texas Award as: | ||
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| 3106.002, Government Code; | ||
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| 3106.003, Government Code; or | ||
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| responder under Section 3106.004, Government Code; or | ||
| (2) at least four years of age. | ||
| (c) A prekindergarten class under this section [ |
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| transportation for a prekindergarten class, but transportation, if | ||
| provided, is included for funding purposes as part of the regular | ||
| transportation system. | ||
| (d) Subject to Subsections (d-1) and (d-2), on application | ||
| of a district, the commissioner shall exempt a district from the | ||
| application of all or any part of this section, including all or any | ||
| part of Subchapter E-1 for a prekindergarten class described by | ||
| Subsection (c-1), if the commissioner determines that[ |
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| classroom facilities in order to provide prekindergarten classes[ |
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| (f) A child who is eligible for enrollment in a | ||
| prekindergarten class under Subsection (b)(1)(D) or (E) [ |
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| the armed forces, or is no longer on active duty, after the child | ||
| begins a prekindergarten class. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 29.1531(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A school district may offer on a tuition basis or use | ||
| district funds to provide[ |
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| to children not eligible for classes under Section 29.153. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 the number of students who are | ||
| eligible for classes under Sections 29.153(b)(1) and (f) [ |
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| (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 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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, 2025. | ||
