Monitoring the SessionHB 2395
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
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.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Schools partner with private child-care providers. Kids already in subsidized care qualify.
The bill orders the state education commissioner to set up a grant program that helps school districts and charter schools team up with private community child-care providers to run prekindergarten classes. The money pays for children at least three years old who already get state-subsidized child care through the Texas Workforce Commission, capped at 3,500 children a year. Schools that win grants can enroll these kids in partnership pre-K starting in the 2025-2026 school year, and the education agency must report enrollment to the legislature every year.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1614 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1614 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 4, 2025 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB2395 · 2025-02-04
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.
Schools partner with private child-care providers. Kids already in subsidized care qualify.
The bill orders the state education commissioner to set up a grant program that helps school districts and charter schools team up with private community child-care providers to run prekindergarten classes. The money pays for children at least three years old who already get state-subsidized child care through the Texas Workforce Commission, capped at 3,500 children a year. Schools that win grants can enroll these kids in partnership pre-K starting in the 2025-2026 school year, and the education agency must report enrollment to the legislature every year.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
…“community-based child-care providers to provide prekindergarten”…
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The grant money flows through school partnerships with private community child-care providers to pay for pre-K seats.
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The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 29, 2024 to Oct 17, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$65,748.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 10, 2024 to Oct 17, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100986461, 101011085, 101033172, 101044523, 101044526, 101072841.
$58,000.00
Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 10, 2024 to Feb 3, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100986461, 101044526.
$36,000.00
Also funds 89 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jan 22, 2026 to Feb 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101044523, 101061631.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$65,748.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 10, 2024 to Oct 17, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100986461, 101011085, 101033172, 101044523, 101044526, 101072841.
$58,000.00
Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 10, 2024 to Feb 3, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100986461, 101044526.
$36,000.00
Also funds 89 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jan 22, 2026 to Feb 28, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101044523, 101061631.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Dutton, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, May 17, 2023: Left pending in committee
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.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Feb 4, 2025
03/14/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Public Education · Final status: Died in committee
Day Care
Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance
Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools
Education--School Districts
PRESCHOOL & PREKINDERGARTEN
EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS
EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF
The text as introduced · 358 words
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.