By Morrison H.B. No. 427
77R1740 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to compulsory school attendance.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 25.085(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (b) Unless specifically exempted by Section 25.086, a child
1-7 who is at least six years of age, or who is younger than six years
1-8 of age and has previously been enrolled in first grade, shall
1-9 attend school until the end of the school year in which [and who
1-10 has not yet reached] the child's 18th birthday occurs [shall attend
1-11 school].
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-13 school year.
1-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-15 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-16 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-17 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-18 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.