TITLE: Relating to the applicability of the Education Code to Head Start programs and the authority of the commissioner of education to make a certain determination regarding those programs.

SUMMARY: Relating to the applicability of the Education Code to Head Start programs and the authority of the commissioner of education to make a certain determination regarding those programs.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the applicability of the Education Code to Head Start programs and the authority of the commissioner of education to make a certain determination regarding those programs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 4, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 4.003 to read as follows: Sec. 4.003. APPLICABILITY TO HEAD START PROGRAMS. A provision in this title applies to a Head Start program only to the extent that the provision explicitly provides for that applicability. SECTION 2. Section 7.031(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, the commissioner may determine [ solely for purposes of the program's eligibility to receive federal grant funds, for the purpose of technology services and support] that a Head Start program operated in this state by a school district or a community-based organization serves the function of an elementary school by providing elementary education at one or more program facilities,regardless of whether the Head Start program facilities are located on a school district campus.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.