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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 school for the purpose of |
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visiting an institution of higher education. |
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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-2), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b-2) A school district may excuse a student from attending |
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school to visit an institution of higher education accredited by a |
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generally recognized accrediting organization during the student's |
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junior and senior years of high school for the purpose of |
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determining the student's interest in attending the institution of |
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higher education, provided that: |
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(1) the district may not excuse for this purpose more |
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than two days during the student's junior year and four [two] days |
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during the student's senior year; and |
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(2) the district adopts: |
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(A) a policy to determine when an absence will be |
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excused for this purpose; and |
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(B) a procedure to verify the student's visit at |
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the institution of higher education. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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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, 2025. |