Bill Text: TX HB2421 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study and report on early childhood education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB2421 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2421-Introduced.html
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By: Deshotel | H.B. No. 2421 |
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relating to a study and report on early childhood education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.1581 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.1581. STUDY AND REPORT ON EARLY CHILDHOOD | ||
EDUCATION. (a) The agency, in collaboration with the Texas | ||
Workforce Commission and the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services, shall conduct a study and compile a report on | ||
public-private partnerships regarding early childhood education. | ||
(b) The study must identify: | ||
(1) methods to streamline the process under which a | ||
public-private partnership for early childhood education is | ||
established; | ||
(2) current areas of coordination between state | ||
agencies that perform or provide services for children, including | ||
areas in which either organizational silos or collaboration exist; | ||
and | ||
(3) the sources and uses of early childhood education | ||
funding. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1, 2016, the agency shall report | ||
the agency's findings and recommendations to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
and the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction | ||
over public education. The agency shall include in its report: | ||
(1) a description of services provided by each state | ||
agency related to early childhood education, including the | ||
following for each service: | ||
(A) funding mechanisms; and | ||
(B) tools for monitoring and tracking | ||
utilization, outcomes, and program effectiveness; | ||
(2) recommended efforts to streamline the process | ||
under which a public-private partnership for early childhood | ||
education is established; and | ||
(3) recommended new programs of early childhood | ||
education or enhancements to existing programs. | ||
(d) This section expires September 1, 2017. | ||
SECTION 2. 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. |