full-day pre-K counts as full attendance for funding

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89R2767 KJE-F

By: Menéndez, et al.
S.B. No. 163

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to funding for full-day prekindergarten programs under the

Foundation School Program.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 48.005(a) and (i), Education Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(a) In this chapter, average daily attendance is:

(1) the quotient of the sum of attendance for each day

of the minimum number of days of instruction as described under

Section 25.081(a) divided by the minimum number of days of

instruction;

(2) for a district that operates under a flexible year

program under Section 29.0821, the quotient of the sum of

attendance for each actual day of instruction as permitted by

Section 29.0821(b)(1) divided by the number of actual days of

instruction as permitted by Section 29.0821(b)(1);

(3) for a district that operates under a flexible

school day program under Section 29.0822, the average daily

attendance as calculated by the commissioner in accordance with

Sections 29.0822(d) and (d-1); or

(4) for a district that operates a prekindergarten

[ half-day program or a full-day ] program under Section 29.153(c) :

(A) for a half-day program , one-half of the

average daily attendance calculated under Subdivision (1) ; or

(B) for a full-day program, the average daily

attendance calculated under Subdivision (1) .

(i) A district or a charter school operating under Chapter

12 that operates a half-day prekindergarten program is eligible to

receive one-half of average daily attendance under Subsection (a)

if the district's or charter school's prekindergarten program

provides at least 32,400 minutes of instructional time to students.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.