85S12182 CAE-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 374
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 and requiring reporting through the
Public Education Information Management System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c-3) and (c-4) 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).
(c-4) Not later than January 1, 2018, the commissioner shall
adopt rules requiring the Public Education Information Management
System (PEIMS) to include pregnancy as a reason a student withdraws
from or otherwise no longer attends public school.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if this
Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary to take effect
September 1, 2017, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.