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79R6399 KKA-F

By:  Hamilton                                                     H.B. No. 1811



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to compulsory school attendance for students who are at 
least 18 years of age.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  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, and shall attend until the end of the school 
year.  Section 25.094 applies to a person described by this 
subsection.  Sections 25.093 and 25.095 do not apply to the parent 
of a person described by this subsection.  [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 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.