HBA-JLV, SEP H.B. 1309 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1309
By: Villarreal, Mike
Economic Development
7/16/2001
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Prior to the 77th Legislature, recipients of the Train our Teachers award,
which is funded through the federal Child Care Development Fund, were not
required to enter child-care facilities that serve needy children.  The
Child Care Development Fund, however, was created under the federal welfare
reform plan in 1996 to benefit needy children.  While children from
impoverished environments may greatly benefit from a quality early
education, they are less likely to receive such care. House Bill 1309
requires early education teachers who receive scholarships funded by the
federal Child Care Development Fund to complete their obligated 18 months
of early education teaching in child care facilities that accept federal
Child Care Development Fund subsidies and are located within the attendance
zone of a low-performing school campus or in an economically disadvantaged
community. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1309 amends the Labor Code to modify the eligibility
requirements for a person to receive a professional child-care training
scholarship to specify that the child-care facility at which the person
agrees to work for at least 18 additional months must accept federal Child
Care Development Fund subsidies and must, at the time the person begins to
fulfill the work requirement, be located within the attendance zone of a
low-performing school campus or in an economically disadvantaged community.
The bill also specifies that, for a scholarship recipient to receive a
bonus or wage supplementation during the 18 additional months at the
facility that employed the person when the scholarship was awarded, the
facility must meet these requirements.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.