Bill Text: TX SB822 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a grant program for school districts or open-enrollment charter school campuses that are designated as full-service community schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Education [SB822 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB822-Introduced.html
  88R1031 MEW-D
 
  By: Johnson S.B. No. 822
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of a grant program for school
  districts or open-enrollment charter school campuses that are
  designated as full-service community schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 33.910 to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.910.  GRANT PROGRAM FOR FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY
  SCHOOLS. (a) From funds appropriated or otherwise available for
  that purpose, the commissioner shall establish a program to provide
  grants to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools with
  campuses designated by the commissioner as full-service community
  schools.
         (b)  The commissioner may designate a school district or
  open-enrollment charter school campus as a full-service community
  school if the campus provides comprehensive academic, social, and
  health services for students, students' family members, and
  community members that result in improved educational outcomes.
  Services provided by a campus may include:
               (1)  high-quality early learning programs and
  services;
               (2)  compensatory and remedial education services,
  aligned with academic supports and other enrichment activities to
  provide students with a comprehensive academic program;
               (3)  family engagement, including parental
  involvement, parental leadership, family literacy, and parent
  education programs;
               (4)  mentoring and other youth development programs;
               (5)  community service and service learning
  opportunities;
               (6)  programs that provide assistance to students who
  have:
                     (A)  been chronically absent;
                     (B)  engaged in truant behavior; or
                     (C)  been suspended or expelled;
               (7)  job training and career counseling services;
               (8)  nutrition services and physical activities;
               (9)  primary health and dental care services;
               (10)  mental health services;
               (11)  activities that improve access to and use of
  social service programs;
               (12)  programs that promote family financial
  stability; and
               (13)  adult education programs, including programs for
  providing instruction in English as a second language to adults.
         (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 full-service
  community schools under this section.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall adopt rules for the
  administration of Section 33.910, 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.
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