82R694 CAE-D
By: Howard of Travis, Dukes H.B. No. 818
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to use of compensatory education allotment funding to
provide assistance with child care to students at risk of dropping
out of school.
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 of day care or associated
transportation provided through a life skills program in accordance
with Sections 29.085(b)(3), (4), and (5).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.