By: Bohac (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 1593          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;   May 3, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on   Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the engagement strategies included in a school   district's family engagement plan.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 29.168(b), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  The agency shall collaborate with other state agencies,   including the Health and Human Services Commission, that provide   services for children from birth through five years of age to   establish prioritized family engagement strategies to be included   in a school district's family engagement plan. A parent-teacher   organization, community group, or faith-based institution may   submit to the agency recommendations regarding the establishment of   family engagement strategies, and the agency, in establishing the   family engagement strategies, shall consider any received   recommendations. The engagement strategies must [be]:                (1)  be based on empirical research; [and]                (2)  be proven to demonstrate significant positive   short-term and long-term outcomes for early childhood education;   and                 (3)  include programs and interventions that engage a   family in supporting a student's learning at home.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *