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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to excused absences from public schools for voting in |
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certain elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.087(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) A school district shall excuse a student from attending |
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school for: |
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(1) the following purposes, including travel for those |
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purposes: |
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(A) observing religious holy days; or |
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(B) attending a required court appearance; or |
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(2) a temporary absence for the following purposes, |
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[resulting from health care professionals] if that student |
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commences classes or returns to school on the same day as the |
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temporary absence: |
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(A) attending an appointment with a health care |
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professional; or |
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(B) voting in a national, state, or local |
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election [of the appointment]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |