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.