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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the offense of failure to attend school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.094(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) An individual commits an offense if the individual: |
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(1) is 12 years of age or older and younger than 21 |
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[18] years of age; |
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(2) is required to attend school under Section 25.085 |
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or a school district policy adopted under that section; and |
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(3) fails to attend school on 10 or more days or parts |
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of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on |
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three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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25.094, Education Code, apply only to an offense committed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before |
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the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |