89R11455 RAL-F     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2395       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 29, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 29.1535 to read as follows:          Sec. 29.1535.  PREKINDERGARTEN COMMUNITY-BASED CHILD-CARE   PARTNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The commissioner shall establish   and administer a grant program to support school districts and   open-enrollment charter schools in increasing partnerships with   community-based child-care providers to provide prekindergarten   classes under Section 29.153.          (b)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may   apply for a grant under the program in partnership with a   community-based child-care provider described by Section   29.153(g).          (c)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school   shall use money received under the grant program to fund the   enrollment of eligible children in prekindergarten classes   provided under Section 29.153 through a partnership between the   district or school and a community-based child-care provider   described by Section 29.153(g).  A child is eligible for enrollment   in a prekindergarten class described by this subsection using money   received under the grant program if the child:                 (1)  is at least three years of age; and                (2)  receives subsidized child-care services provided   through the child-care services program administered by the Texas   Workforce Commission.           (d)  The commissioner may provide grants under the grant   program for the enrollment in each school year of not more than   3,500 children in a prekindergarten class described by Subsection   (c).           (e)  The agency shall annually report to the legislature   regarding the number of children described by Subsection (c)   enrolled in a prekindergarten class.          SECTION 2.  Section 29.1535, Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.