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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to use of compensatory education allotment funding to |
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provide assistance to students at risk of dropping out of school who |
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are pregnant or who are parents and to reporting through the Public |
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Education Information Management System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c-3) and (c-4) to read as follows: |
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(c-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), funds allocated under |
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this section may be used to: |
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(1) provide child-care services or assistance with |
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child-care expenses for students at risk of dropping out of school, |
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as described by Section 29.081(d)(5); or |
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(2) pay the costs associated with services provided |
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through a life skills program in accordance with Sections |
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29.085(b)(1) and (3)-(7). |
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(c-4) Not later than January 1, 2018, the commissioner shall |
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adopt rules requiring the Public Education Information Management |
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System (PEIMS) to include pregnancy as a reason a student withdraws |
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from or otherwise no longer attends public school. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |