84R11817 CAE-D
 
  By: Howard H.B. No. 256
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 256:
 
  By:  Aycock C.S.H.B. No. 256
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to use of compensatory education allotment funding to
  provide assistance to students at risk of dropping out of school who
  are pregnant or who are parents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.