TITLE: Relating to the authority of the governor to transfer to the Texas Education Agency for prekindergarten programs amounts appropriated to trusteed programs in the office of the governor.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of the governor to transfer to the Texas Education Agency for prekindergarten programs amounts appropriated to trusteed programs in the office of the governor.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of the governor to transfer to the Texas Education Agency for prekindergarten programs amounts appropriated to trusteed programs in the office of the governor. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 401, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 401.107 to read as follows: Sec. 401.107. TRANSFERS FOR PREKINDERGARTEN. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governor may transfer to the Texas Education Agency any amounts appropriated to a trusteed program within the office of the governor. (b) Any amounts transferred by the governor under this section may be used by the Texas Education Agency only to finance amounts to which school districts are entitled under the Foundation School Program on the basis of the number of students in average daily attendance in prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E, Chapter 29, Education Code. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.