Bill Text: TX HB1366 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to student eligibility for Foundation School Program benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-09 - Referred to Public Education [HB1366 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1366-Introduced.html

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84R3286 MK-D
By: Herrero H.B. No. 1366

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to student eligibility for Foundation School Program
benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.003(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student younger than
five years of age is entitled to the benefits of the Foundation
School Program if:
(1) the student performs satisfactorily in a
prekindergarten program [on the assessment instrument administered
under Section 39.023(a) to students in the third grade]; and
(2) the district has adopted a policy for admitting
students younger than five years of age.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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, 2015.