Texas HB5614 mandates free full-day prekindergarten for eligible children starting 2025-2026.

Texas HB5614 amends the Education Code to require school districts to offer free full-day prekindergarten classes to children who are at least three years old. Districts must provide these classes if they identify 15 or more eligible children. The bill also allows parents or guardians to elect for their children to repeat prekindergarten, enroll in prekindergarten if they were eligible the previous year but haven't enrolled in kindergarten, repeat kindergarten, enroll in kindergarten if they were eligible the previous year but haven't enrolled in first grade, or repeat any grade from one.

Texas HB5614 mandates free full-day prekindergarten for eligible children starting 2025-2026.

Texas HB5614 amends the Education Code to require school districts to offer free full-day prekindergarten classes to children who are at least three years old. Districts must provide these classes if they identify 15 or more eligible children. The bill also allows parents or guardians to elect for their children to repeat prekindergarten, enroll in prekindergarten if they were eligible the previous year but haven't enrolled in kindergarten, repeat kindergarten, enroll in kindergarten if they were eligible the previous year but haven't enrolled in first grade, or repeat any grade from one.