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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to minimum public school attendance for class credit, |
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including limiting school day interruptions that affect such |
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attendance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.083, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.083. SCHOOL DAY INTERRUPTIONS. (a) The board of |
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trustees of each school district shall adopt and strictly enforce a |
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policy limiting interruptions of classes during the school day for |
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nonacademic activities such as announcements and sales promotions. |
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At a minimum, the policy must limit announcements other than |
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emergency announcements to once during the school day. |
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(b) The board of trustees of each school district shall |
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adopt and strictly enforce a policy limiting the removal of |
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students from class for remedial tutoring or test preparation. A |
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district may not remove a student from a regularly scheduled class |
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for remedial tutoring or test preparation if, as a result of the |
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removal, the student would miss more than 10 percent of the school |
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days on which the class is offered, unless the student's parent or |
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another person standing in parental relation to the student |
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provides to the district written consent for removal from class for |
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such purpose. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 25.092, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by this section, a student in any |
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grade level from kindergarten through grade 12 may not be given |
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credit for a class unless the student is in attendance for at least |
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90 percent of the days the class is offered. |
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SECTION 3. Section 29.0821, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) Section 25.092 does not apply to a student's attendance |
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and nonattendance in a flexible year program under this section. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2009. |