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Amend CSHB 3 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 21, following line 27, insert the following appropriately lettered subsection:
(____) Not later than January 1, 2020, the commissioner shall adopt rules requiring the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to include pregnancy as a reason a student withdraws from or otherwise no longer attends public school.
(2) On page 37, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following appropriately lettered subsection:
(____) In addition to other purposes for which funds allocated under this section may be used, those funds may also be used to:
(1) provide child-care services or assistance with child-care expenses for students at risk of dropping out of school, as described 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).