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By: Hamilton (Senate Sponsor - Williams) |
H.B. No. 566 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House March 28, 2007; |
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April 3, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Education; April 18, 2007, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 18, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to compulsory school attendance for students who are at |
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least 18 years of age. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.085, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a |
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policy requiring a person described by Subsection (e) to attend |
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school until the end of the school year. Section 25.094 applies to |
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a person subject to a policy adopted under this subsection. |
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Sections 25.093 and 25.095 do not apply to the parent of a person |
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subject to a policy adopted under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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