By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1769
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period of days in which a student is enrolled in a
school in the United States for purposes of determining a number of
years for which the student may receive an alternative or exemption
from student assessment.
SECTION 1. Section 39.027(a-2), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a-2) Unless a student is enrolled in a school in the United
States for a period of at least 120 [60] consecutive days during a
year, the student may not be considered to be enrolled in a school
in the United States for that year for the purpose of determining a
number of years under Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3).
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.