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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to expanding the compensatory education allotment to allow |
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funds to be used to implement social-emotional learning programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.104, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending subsection (j-1) to read as follows: |
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(j-1) In addition to other purposes for which funds |
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allocated under this section may be used, those funds may also be |
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used to: |
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(1) provide child-care services or assistance with |
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child-care expenses for students at risk of dropping out of school, |
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as described by Section 29.081(d)(5); [or] |
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(2) pay the costs associated with services provided |
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through a life skills program in accordance with Sections |
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29.085(b)(1) and (3)-(7); or |
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(3) pay the costs associated with implementing social |
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and emotional learning programs. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |