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TX HB2395
Bill
Status
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Harold Dutton
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AI Summary
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Establishes a Prekindergarten Community-Based Child-Care Partnership Grant Program administered by the commissioner to support school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in partnering with community-based child-care providers for prekindergarten classes
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Allows school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to apply for grants in partnership with community-based child-care providers to fund prekindergarten enrollment
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Limits eligibility to children who are at least three years of age and receive subsidized child-care services through the Texas Workforce Commission's child-care services program
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Caps program enrollment at no more than 3,500 children per school year statewide
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Requires the Texas Education Agency to submit annual reports to the legislature on the number of children enrolled through the program, with implementation beginning in the 2025-2026 school year
Legislative Description
Relating to a grant program to provide free public school prekindergarten programs to certain children who are eligible for the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
Education
Last Action
Referred to Public Education
3/14/2025