84R6630 JSL-D
By: Leach H.B. No. 1664
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a school district to excuse from school
attendance a student who is exempt from a final examination.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.087, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) A school district may excuse a student from attending
school during the administration of a final examination for a
course in which the student is enrolled if the school district
allows the student, because of a good attendance record and high
student academic achievement, to be exempt from the administration
of the final examination. A student whose absence is excused under
this subsection may not be penalized for that absence and shall be
counted as if the student attended school for purposes of
calculating the average daily attendance of students in the school
district.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.