Amend CSHB 1525 (house committee report) on page 9 as follows:

(1)  On line 5, between "(e-1)" and "to", insert "and amending Subsections (j-1) and (k)".

(2)  Between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:

(j-1)  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); or

(3)  pay costs for services provided by an instructional coach to raise student achievement at a campus in which educationally disadvantaged students are enrolled.

(k)  At least 55 percent of the funds allocated under this section must be used to:

(1)  fund supplemental programs and services, including services provided by an instructional coach, designed to eliminate any disparity in performance on assessment instruments administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, or disparity in the rates of high school completion between:

(A)  students who are educationally disadvantaged and students who are not educationally disadvantaged; and

(B)  students at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081, and all other students; or

(2)  support a program eligible under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as provided by Pub. L. No. 103-382 and its subsequent amendments, and by federal regulations implementing that Act.