Texas Education Code
§ 29.155 — KINDERGARTEN AND PREKINDERGARTEN GRANTS
ED § 29.155Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 29. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS · Art. E. KINDERGARTEN AND PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS
Statute text
View on source(a)From amounts appropriated for the purposes of this section, the commissioner may make grants to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to implement or expand kindergarten and prekindergarten programs by:
(1)operating an existing half-day kindergarten or prekindergarten program on a full-day basis; or
(2)implementing a prekindergarten program at a campus that does not have a prekindergarten program.
(b)A school district or open-enrollment charter school may use funds received under this section to employ teachers and other personnel for a kindergarten or prekindergarten program and acquire curriculum materials or equipment, including computers, for use in kindergarten and prekindergarten programs.
(c)To be eligible for a grant under this section, a school district or open-enrollment charter school must apply to the commissioner in the manner and within the time prescribed by the commissioner.
(d)In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner shall give priority to districts and open-enrollment charter schools in which the level of performance of students on the assessment instruments administered under Section 39.023 to students in grade three is substantially below the average level of performance on those assessment instruments for all school districts in the state.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.