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 |
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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. |