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.