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AN ACT
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relating to compulsory school attendance for students who are at |
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least 18 years of age. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.085, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a |
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policy requiring a person described by Subsection (e) to attend |
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school until the end of the school year. Section 25.094 applies to |
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a person subject to a policy adopted under this subsection. |
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Sections 25.093 and 25.095 do not apply to the parent of a person |
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subject to a policy adopted under this subsection. |
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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 SenateSpeaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 566 was passed by the House on March |
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27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 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. 566 was passed by the Senate on April |
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26, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |