grant program for full-service community schools

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89R1079 MEW-D

By: Garcia of Dallas
H.B. No. 4698

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of a grant program for school

district or open-enrollment charter school campuses that are

designated as full-service community schools.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 33.910 to read as follows:

Sec. 33.910. GRANT PROGRAM FOR FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY

SCHOOLS. (a) From funds appropriated or otherwise available for

that purpose, the commissioner shall establish a program to provide

grants to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools with

campuses designated by the commissioner as full-service community

schools.

(b) The commissioner may designate a school district or

open-enrollment charter school campus as a full-service community

school if the campus provides comprehensive academic, social, and

health services for students, students' family members, and

community members that result in improved educational outcomes.

Services provided by a campus may include:

(1) high-quality early learning programs and

services;

(2) compensatory and remedial education services,

aligned with academic supports and other enrichment activities to

provide students with a comprehensive academic program;

(3) family engagement, including parental

involvement, parental leadership, family literacy, and parent

education programs;

(4) mentoring and other youth development programs;

(5) community service and service learning

opportunities;

(6) programs that provide assistance to students who

have:

(A) been chronically absent;

(B) engaged in truant behavior; or

(C) been suspended or expelled;

(7) job training and career counseling services;

(8) nutrition services and physical activities;

(9) primary health and dental care services;

(10) mental health services;

(11) activities that improve access to and use of

social service programs;

(12) programs that promote family financial

stability; and

(13) adult education programs, including programs for

providing instruction in English as a second language to adults.

(c) The commissioner may solicit and accept gifts, grants,

and donations from any public or private source for the purposes of

this section.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to

establish and administer the grant program for full-service

community schools under this section.

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the commissioner of education shall adopt rules for the

administration of Section 33.910, Education Code, as added by this

Act.

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.