Bill Text: TX SB2300 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to establishing a statewide reading enrichment program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB2300 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2300-Introduced.html
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| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 2300 | |
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| relating to establishing a statewide reading enrichment program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 3, Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 74 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 74. STATEWIDE READING ENRICHMENT PROGRAM | ||
| Sec. 74.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Commission" means the Texas Workforce | ||
| Commission. | ||
| (2) "Program" means the statewide reading enrichment | ||
| program established under this chapter. | ||
| Sec. 74.002. STATEWIDE READING ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. (a) | ||
| The commission, in collaboration with the Texas Education Agency, | ||
| shall establish a statewide reading enrichment program to encourage | ||
| early childhood literacy and support the future educational and | ||
| economic success of children in this state by mailing | ||
| age-appropriate books on a monthly basis to children six years of | ||
| age or younger who register for the program. | ||
| (b) The commission, after consulting with the Texas | ||
| Education Agency, shall: | ||
| (1) develop a list of high-quality, age-appropriate | ||
| books encompassing diverse subjects and genres to be distributed to | ||
| children in the program; | ||
| (2) publish on the commission's Internet website | ||
| information about the program; and | ||
| (3) develop, coordinate, and promote a statewide | ||
| public awareness campaign to inform the public regarding the | ||
| program, including how to register eligible children into the | ||
| program. | ||
| Sec. 74.003. FUNDING. The commission shall actively seek | ||
| and apply for any available federal funding to assist in financing | ||
| the program, including funding available under the Child Care and | ||
| Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 9858 et | ||
| seq.). | ||
| Sec. 74.004. RULES. The commission may adopt rules as | ||
| necessary to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Workforce Commission shall, as soon as | ||
| practicable after the effective date of this Act, apply for any | ||
| available federal money to assist in financing the statewide | ||
| reading enrichment program under Chapter 74, Human Resources Code, | ||
| as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
