Bill Text: TX HB1326 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to including full-day prekindergarten student attendance in the determination of a district's weighted average daily attendance for purposes of complying with equalized wealth level requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Public Education [HB1326 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1326-Introduced.html
85R3368 MEW-F | ||
By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 1326 |
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relating to including full-day prekindergarten student attendance | ||
in the determination of a district's weighted average daily | ||
attendance for purposes of complying with equalized wealth level | ||
requirements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 41.0032 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.0032. INCLUSION OF FULL-DAY PREKINDERGARTEN | ||
STUDENT ATTENDANCE IN DETERMINING WEIGHTED AVERAGE DAILY | ||
ATTENDANCE. Notwithstanding Section 41.001(3), a prekindergarten | ||
student entitled to the benefits of the Foundation School Program | ||
under Section 42.003(b) who attends a full-day prekindergarten | ||
program offered by a school district shall be counted on the basis | ||
of full-day attendance for purposes of calculating the district's | ||
weighted average daily attendance. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |