By: Howard, Burkett, Márquez, Galindo, H.B. No. 256
      Deshotel
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to compensatory education allotment funding.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (c-3) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), for [For]
  purposes of this section, the number of educationally disadvantaged
  students is determined:
               (1)  by averaging the best six months' numbers of
  students eligible for enrollment in the national school lunch
  program of free or reduced-price lunches for the preceding school
  year; or
               (2)  in the manner provided by commissioner rule[, if
  no campus in the district participated in the national school lunch
  program of free or reduced-price lunches during the preceding
  school year].
         (b-1)  A student receiving a full-time virtual education
  through the state virtual school network is not included in
  determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students
  under Subsection (b).
         
         (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).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.