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AN ACT
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relating to the absence of a student from public school for a |
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required court appearance. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Section 25.087, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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�������(b)��A school district shall excuse a student from attending |
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school for: |
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�������������(1)��the following purposes, including travel for those |
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purposes: |
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�������������������(A)��[purpose of] observing religious holy days; |
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or |
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�������������������(B)��attending a required court appearance; or |
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�������������(2)��a [, including traveling for that purpose. A
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school district shall excuse a student for] temporary absence |
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resulting from health care professionals if that student commences |
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classes or returns to school on the same day of the appointment. |
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�������(c)��A student whose absence is excused under Subsection (b) |
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[this subsection] may not be penalized for that absence and shall be |
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counted as if the student attended school for purposes of |
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calculating the average daily attendance of students in the school |
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district. A student whose absence is excused under Subsection (b) |
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[this subsection] shall be allowed a reasonable time to make up |
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school work missed on those days. If the student satisfactorily |
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completes the school work, the day of absence shall be counted as a |
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day of compulsory attendance. |
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�������SECTION�2.��This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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�������SECTION�3.��This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.��If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 2455 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 2455 was passed by the Senate on May |
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15, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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APPROVED:��_____________________ |
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�����������������Governor������� |