Bill Text: TX HB693 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the calculation of average daily attendance for school districts providing certain full-day prekindergarten programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB693-Introduced.html
| By: Bernal | H.B. No. 693 | |
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| relating to the calculation of average daily attendance for school | ||
| districts providing certain full-day prekindergarten programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 48.005, education code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) Notwithstanding Section 29.153(c), in computing the | ||
| sum of attendance under Subsection (a) for a school year, a school | ||
| district may include full days of attendance for each | ||
| prekindergarten student who attends a full-day prekindergarten | ||
| program offered by the district, provided that: | ||
| (1) The student is eligible for prekindergarten under | ||
| Section 29.153; | ||
| (2) the district does not charge tuition for the | ||
| student's enrollment in the program; and | ||
| (3) the program complies with the requirements | ||
| regarding high quality specified in Subchapter E-1, Chapter 29. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
