| 1 | 1 | | 85S12182 CAE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Howard H.B. No. 374 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to use of compensatory education allotment funding to |
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| 8 | 8 | | provide assistance to students at risk of dropping out of school who |
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| 9 | 9 | | are pregnant or who are parents and requiring reporting through the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Public Education Information Management System. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | adding Subsections (c-3) and (c-4) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), funds allocated under |
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| 15 | 15 | | this section may be used to: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) provide child-care services or assistance with |
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| 17 | 17 | | child-care expenses for students at risk of dropping out of school, |
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| 18 | 18 | | as described by Section 29.081(d)(5); or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) pay the costs associated with services provided |
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| 20 | 20 | | through a life skills program in accordance with Sections |
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| 21 | 21 | | 29.085(b)(1) and (3)-(7). |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c-4) Not later than January 1, 2018, the commissioner shall |
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| 23 | 23 | | adopt rules requiring the Public Education Information Management |
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| 24 | 24 | | System (PEIMS) to include pregnancy as a reason a student withdraws |
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| 25 | 25 | | from or otherwise no longer attends public school. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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| 28 | 28 | | house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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| 29 | 29 | | If this Act does not receive the vote necessary to take effect |
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| 30 | 30 | | September 1, 2017, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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| 31 | 31 | | last day of the legislative session. |
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