Amend SB 496 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS appropriately:
SECTION ____. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows:
(c-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), funds allocated under this section may be used to:
(1) provide child-care services or assistance with child-care expenses for students at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081(d)(5); or
(2) pay the costs associated with services provided through a life skills program in accordance with Sections 29.085(b)(1) and (3)-(7).