85R615 CAE-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 223
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 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).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.