Bill Text: TX HB256 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to compensatory education allotment funding.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Left pending in committee [HB256 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB256-Engrossed.html
| By: Howard, Burkett, Márquez, Galindo, | H.B. No. 256 | |
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| relating to compensatory education allotment funding. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (c-3) to | ||
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| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), for [ |
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| purposes of this section, the number of educationally disadvantaged | ||
| students is determined: | ||
| (1) by averaging the best six months' numbers of | ||
| students eligible for enrollment in the national school lunch | ||
| program of free or reduced-price lunches for the preceding school | ||
| year; or | ||
| (2) in the manner provided by commissioner rule[ |
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| (b-1) A student receiving a full-time virtual education | ||
| through the state virtual school network is not included in | ||
| determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students | ||
| under Subsection (b). | ||
| (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 defined 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, 2015. | ||
