By: Howard, Burkett, Bernal, Morrison, H.B. No. 223       González of El Paso     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 to 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.