Bill Text: TX HB55 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to requiring the reporting of certain information regarding prekindergarten programs provided by or on behalf of school districts.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-17 - Referred to Education [HB55 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB55-Engrossed.html
  86R18808 MM-D
 
  By: González of El Paso, Sanford, VanDeaver H.B. No. 55
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring the reporting of certain information
  regarding prekindergarten programs provided by or on behalf of
  school districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 29.1544 to read as follows:
         Sec. 29.1544.  REPORTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING
  PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; AGENCY REPORT. (a) The agency by rule
  shall require each school district that offers a prekindergarten
  program under Section 29.153 and each private entity that provides
  a prekindergarten program under contract with a school district to
  report the following information in the form and manner prescribed
  by the agency for each prekindergarten class offered by the
  district or private entity:
               (1)  the number of students in each prekindergarten
  class;
               (2)  the number of certified teachers in each
  prekindergarten class;
               (3)  the number of teacher's aides in each
  prekindergarten class;
               (4)  whether each prekindergarten class is full-day or
  half-day; and
               (5)  if the district offers half-day classes, whether
  the district offers two half-day classes per day.
         (b)  From the information submitted under Subsection (a),
  the agency shall determine the total number of teachers and
  teacher's aides in prekindergarten classes in this state.
         (c)  From the information submitted under Subsection (a) and
  for purposes of calculating the student/teacher ratio for each
  prekindergarten class offered by a school district or private
  entity that provides a prekindergarten program under contract with
  a school district, the agency shall count each teacher or teacher's
  aide:
               (1)  once for a full-day class; and
               (2)  twice for a half-day class if the district offers
  two half-day classes per day.
         (d)  Not later than August 1 of each year, the agency shall
  prepare and submit a report to the legislature based on the
  information collected under Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  Not later than August 1, 2020, the Texas
  Education Agency shall submit the initial report required under
  Section 29.1544, Education Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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