Amend CSSB 1234 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 3, strike lines 4 and 5, and substitute the following:

SECTION 4.  Sections 25.085(e) and (f), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:

(2)  On page 3, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:

(f)  The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a policy requiring a person described by Subsection (e) who is under 21 years of age to attend school until the end of the school year.  Section 25.094 applies to a person under 19 years of age who is subject to a policy adopted under this subsection.  Sections 25.093 and 25.095 do not apply to the parent of a person subject to a policy adopted under this subsection.

(3)  On page 5, strike lines 18 and 19, and substitute the following:

SECTION 7.  Sections 25.094(a) and (e), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a)  An individual commits an offense if the individual:

(1)  is 12 years of age or older and younger than 19 [18] years of age;

(2)  is required to attend school under Section 25.085 or a school district policy adopted under Subsection (f) of that section; and

(3)  fails to attend school on 10 or more days or parts of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period.