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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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(e), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) A person who voluntarily enrolls in school or |
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voluntarily attends school after the person's 18th birthday shall |
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attend school each school day for the entire period the program of |
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instruction is offered, and shall attend until the end of the school |
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year. Section 25.094 applies to a person described by this |
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subsection. Sections 25.093 and 25.095 do not apply to the parent |
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of a person described by this subsection. [A school district may
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revoke for the remainder of the school year the enrollment of a
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person who has more than five absences in a semester that are not
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excused under Section 25.087. A person whose enrollment is revoked
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under this subsection may be considered an unauthorized person on
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school district grounds for purposes of Section 37.107.] |
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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. |