HBA-KDB H.B. 2769 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2769
By: Solis, Jim
Economic Development
4/11/2001
Committee Report (Amended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, many local workforce boards do not define after-school services
that take place on a school campus or at a Head Start Center as child care.
Consequently, these programs may neither apply for nor utilize local funds
spent on these programs as matching funds for the purposes of drawing
federal child care funds.  There is concern that federal child care funds
may be under-utilized because of this provision. House Bill 2769 entitles a
child who is eligible to receive child care services funded by a local
workforce development board to receive such services while enrolled in
either a federal Head Start program or in an after-school program at a
school. 

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 2769 amends the Government Code to entitle a child who is
otherwise eligible for child care services funded by a local workforce
development board to receive child care services while the child is
enrolled in a federal Head Start program or in after-school care provided
at a school. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, of it the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. 

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS

Committee Amendment No. 1 provides that a child who is otherwise eligible
for child care services funded by a local workforce development board is
eligible, rather than entitled, to receive child care services while the
child is enrolled in a federal Head Start program or in after-school care
provided at a school.