By Wentworth S.B. No. 1137
76R8615 CAS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to attendance in public schools of persons over 18 years
1-3 of age.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 25.085, Education Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-7 (e) A person who voluntarily enrolls in school or
1-8 voluntarily attends school after the person's 18th birthday shall
1-9 attend school each school day for the entire period the program of
1-10 instruction is offered. A school district shall revoke for the
1-11 remainder of the school year the enrollment of a person who
1-12 violates this subsection. A person whose enrollment is revoked
1-13 under this subsection may be considered an unauthorized person on
1-14 school district grounds for purposes of Section 37.107.
1-15 SECTION 2. Section 25.087(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-16 read as follows:
1-17 (a) A person [child] required to attend school, including a
1-18 person required to attend school under Section 25.085(e), may be
1-19 excused for temporary absence resulting from any cause acceptable
1-20 to the teacher, principal, or superintendent of the school in which
1-21 the person [child] is enrolled.
1-22 SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 1999-2000
1-23 school year.