78R6932 BDH-D
By: Griggs H.B. No. 2103
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to trespass on public school grounds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.107, Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 25.085(e), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) A person who voluntarily enrolls in school or
voluntarily attends school after the person's 18th birthday shall
attend school each school day for the entire period the program of
instruction is offered. A school district may revoke for the
remainder of the school year the enrollment of a person who has more
than five absences in a semester that are not excused under Section
25.087. [A person whose enrollment is revoked under this
subsection may be considered an unauthorized person on school
district grounds for purposes of Section 37.107.]
SECTION 3. An offense committed before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was
committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose. An offense is committed before the effective date of this
Act if any element of the offense occurs before the effective date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.