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Amend CSHB 2 by adding the following appropriately numbered 

sections to Part C, Article 2, of the bill, and renumbering the 

subsequent sections of Part C accordingly:

	SECTION 2C.__.  Section 25.086(a), Education Code, as 

amended by SB 151, SB 1395, and SB 1452, Acts of the 79th 

Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended to 

read as follows:

	(a)  A child is exempt from the requirements of compulsory 

school attendance if the child:

		(1)  attends a private or parochial school that 

includes in its course a study of good citizenship;

		(2)  is eligible to participate in a school district's 

special education program under Section 29.003 and cannot be 

appropriately served by the resident district;

		(3)  has a physical or mental condition of a temporary 

and remediable nature that makes the child's attendance infeasible 

and holds a certificate from a qualified physician specifying the 

temporary condition, indicating the treatment prescribed to remedy 

the temporary condition, and covering the anticipated period of the 

child's absence from school for the purpose of receiving and 

recuperating from that remedial treatment;

		(4)  is expelled in accordance with the requirements of 

law in a school district that does not participate in a mandatory 

juvenile justice alternative education program under Section 

37.011;

		(5)  is at least 17 years of age and[:                       

			[(A)  is attending a course of instruction to 

prepare for the high school equivalency examination, and:

				[(i)  has the permission of the child's 

parent or guardian to attend the course;

				[(ii)  is required by court order to attend 

the course;  

				[(iii)  has established a residence separate 

and apart from the child's parent, guardian, or other person having 

lawful control of the child; or

				[(iv)  is homeless as defined by 42 U.S.C. 

Section 11302; or

			[(B)]  has received a high school diploma [or high 

school equivalency certificate];

		(6)  [is at least 16 years of age and is attending a 

course of instruction to prepare for the high school equivalency 

examination, if:

			[(A)  the child is recommended to take the course 

of instruction by a public agency that has supervision or custody of 

the child under a court order; or

			[(B)  the child is enrolled in a Job Corps 

training program under 29 U.S.C. Section 2881 et seq.;

		[(7)]  is at least 16 years of age and is enrolled in a 

high school diploma program under Chapter 18;

		(7) [(8)]  is enrolled in the Texas Academy of 

Mathematics and Science under Subchapter G, Chapter 105;

		(8) [(9)]  is enrolled in the Texas Academy of 

Leadership in the Humanities;

		(9)  is enrolled in the Texas Academy of Mathematics 

and Science at The University of Texas at Brownsville;

		(10) [(9)]  is enrolled in the Texas Academy of 

International Studies; or

		(11) [(10)]  is specifically exempted under another 

law.

	SECTION 2C.__.  Section 25.086, Education Code, as amended 

by this Act, applies only to a child who is not exempt from the 

requirements of compulsory school attendance before the effective 

date of this Act.  A child who is exempt from the requirements of 

compulsory school attendance before the effective date of this Act 

is governed by the law as it existed before the effective date of 

this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that 

purpose.