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| 1 | 1 | 81R9578 CAS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Coleman H.B. No. 2958 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to excused absences from public schools for voting in | |
| 8 | 8 | certain elections. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 25.087(b), Education Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) A school district shall excuse a student from attending | |
| 13 | 13 | school for: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) the following purposes, including travel for those | |
| 15 | 15 | purposes: | |
| 16 | 16 | (A) observing religious holy days; or | |
| 17 | 17 | (B) attending a required court appearance; or | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) a temporary absence for the following purposes, | |
| 19 | 19 | [resulting from health care professionals] if that student | |
| 20 | 20 | commences classes or returns to school on the same day as the | |
| 21 | 21 | temporary absence: | |
| 22 | 22 | (A) attending an appointment with a health care | |
| 23 | 23 | professional; or | |
| 24 | 24 | (B) voting in a national, state, or local | |
| 25 | 25 | election [of the appointment]. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 | |
| 27 | 27 | school year. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 29 | 29 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 30 | 30 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 31 | 31 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 32 | 32 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |