By: Talarico, Bernal, Buckley H.B. No. 332
(Senate Sponsor - Lucio, West)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021;
May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 24, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 3; May 24, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of the compensatory education allotment for
programs that build certain social and emotional skills.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.104(j-1), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(j-1) In addition to other purposes for which funds
allocated under this section may be used, those funds may also be
used to:
(1) provide child-care services or assistance with
child-care expenses for students at risk of dropping out of school
under[, as described by] Section 29.081(d) because the students are
parents [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); or
(3) provide programs that build skills related to
managing emotions, establishing and maintaining positive
relationships, and making responsible decisions.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it 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 for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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