Bill Text: TX SB163 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to funding for full-day prekindergarten programs under the Foundation School Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Education K-16 [SB163 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB163-Introduced.html

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89R2767 KJE-F
By: Menéndez, et al. S.B. No. 163

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for full-day prekindergarten programs under the
Foundation School Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 48.005(a) and (i), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) In this chapter, average daily attendance is:
(1) the quotient of the sum of attendance for each day
of the minimum number of days of instruction as described under
Section 25.081(a) divided by the minimum number of days of
instruction;
(2) for a district that operates under a flexible year
program under Section 29.0821, the quotient of the sum of
attendance for each actual day of instruction as permitted by
Section 29.0821(b)(1) divided by the number of actual days of
instruction as permitted by Section 29.0821(b)(1);
(3) for a district that operates under a flexible
school day program under Section 29.0822, the average daily
attendance as calculated by the commissioner in accordance with
Sections 29.0822(d) and (d-1); or
(4) for a district that operates a prekindergarten
[half-day program or a full-day] program under Section 29.153(c):
(A) for a half-day program, one-half of the
average daily attendance calculated under Subdivision (1); or
(B) for a full-day program, the average daily
attendance calculated under Subdivision (1).
(i) A district or a charter school operating under Chapter
12 that operates a half-day prekindergarten program is eligible to
receive one-half of average daily attendance under Subsection (a)
if the district's or charter school's prekindergarten program
provides at least 32,400 minutes of instructional time to students.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.