Bill Text: TX HB591 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of community-based learning centers to serve public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB591 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB591-Introduced.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 591 | |
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| relating to the establishment of community-based learning centers | ||
| to serve public school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 33.912 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.912. COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING CENTERS. (a) In | ||
| this section, "center" means a community-based learning center | ||
| established under Subsection (b). | ||
| (b) The agency shall establish, in collaboration with | ||
| faith-based nonprofit organizations, a program for the development | ||
| and operation of community-based learning centers in various school | ||
| districts to provide students who qualify for compensatory | ||
| education, as determined by the commissioner, with access to: | ||
| (1) technology; | ||
| (2) tutoring services; | ||
| (3) mentoring services; | ||
| (4) social and emotional support; | ||
| (5) outdoor activities; | ||
| (6) art; | ||
| (7) sports; and | ||
| (8) individually designed services and supports that | ||
| may include treatment services, personal support services, or any | ||
| other support necessary to improve academic and social outcomes for | ||
| a student, as determined by a center. | ||
| (c) The agency shall adopt minimum training and skills | ||
| requirements that each individual providing services through the | ||
| center must satisfy. | ||
| (d) From money appropriated for the purpose, the agency | ||
| shall pay the costs for developing and operating a center. The | ||
| agency shall actively seek federal grants or money to pay costs | ||
| associated with the establishment and operation of each center. | ||
| (e) The agency by rule shall establish a procedure for | ||
| distributing money to a school district or other appropriate entity | ||
| approved by the agency to establish and operate or contract for the | ||
| operation of a center. | ||
| (f) In addition to money appropriated by the legislature, | ||
| the agency may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source | ||
| for establishing the program. | ||
| (g) The agency may adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
| this section, including rules regarding an application process and | ||
| eligibility criteria to develop and operate a center. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
