HBA-JLV H.B. 2763 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2763
By: Solis, Jim
Economic Development
3/20/2001
Introduced



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 receiving
federal child care funds.  The result could be the under-utilization of
federal child care funds. House Bill 2763 requires the local workforce
development board to use money and services provided by a local school
district or local education agency for purposes of obtaining federal
matching funds for child care services. 

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 2763 amends the Government Code to require a local workforce
development board to use money and in-kind services provided by a local
school district or local education agency for purposes of obtaining federal
matching funds for child care services, including after-school care
provided at a school and a federal Head Start program. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

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