By: Howard, Burkett, Márquez, Galindo, H.B. No. 256
Deshotel
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensatory education allotment funding.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (c-3) to
read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), for [For]
purposes of this section, the number of educationally disadvantaged
students is determined:
(1) by averaging the best six months' numbers of
students eligible for enrollment in the national school lunch
program of free or reduced-price lunches for the preceding school
year; or
(2) in the manner provided by commissioner rule[, if
no campus in the district participated in the national school lunch
program of free or reduced-price lunches during the preceding
school year].
(b-1) A student receiving a full-time virtual education
through the state virtual school network is not included in
determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students
under Subsection (b).
(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.