TITLE: Relating to expanding the compensatory education allotment to allow funds to be used to implement social-emotional learning programs.

SUMMARY: Relating to expanding the compensatory education allotment to allow funds to be used to implement social-emotional learning programs.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to expanding the compensatory education allotment to allow funds to be used to implement social-emotional learning programs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 48.104, Education Code, is amended by amending subsection (j-1) 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, 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);or (3) pay the costs associated with implementing social and emotional learning programs. 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.