Texas Education Code
§ 33.903 — COMMUNITY EDUCATION CHILD CARE SERVICES
ED § 33.903Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES · Art. Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The agency shall establish a pilot program for the development of community education child care services as provided by this section. From the total amount of funds appropriated to the agency, the commissioner shall withhold an amount specified in the General Appropriations Act and distribute that amount for programs under this section. A program established under this section is required only in a school district in which the program is financed by funds distributed under this section and any other funds available for the program.
(b)The legislature may make appropriations to the agency for the purpose of supporting before- and after-school child care programs in a school district that is operating a community education development project.
(c)The agency shall actively seek federal grants or funds to operate or expand a program established under this section.
(d)The State Board of Education by rule shall establish a procedure for distributing funds to school districts for child care programs under this section. The procedure must include a statewide competitive process by which the agency shall evaluate applications for child care programs submitted by eligible school districts and award funds to those districts whose applications the agency considers to possess the greatest merit. The State Board of Education by rule shall establish guidelines and objectives that the agency shall use in making evaluations for funding determination purposes. A school district is not entitled to administrative or judicial review of the agency's funding determination, except to the extent that the State Board of Education by rule provides for administrative review.
(e)The agency may not consider a school district's application for child care funding unless the application:
(1)contains a resolution by the district's board of trustees or governing body adopting a particular child care plan;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.