Bill Text: TX HB1516 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 1516 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a school district to excuse from school attendance a student who is exempt from the administration of a final examination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-11 - Transferred to Calendars Committee [HB1516 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1516-Comm_Sub.html

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	By: Leach	H.B. No. 1516

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1516:

	By: Deshotel	C.S.H.B. No. 1516



	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 the administration of 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 (b-7) and amending Subsection (d) to read as
	follows:
	(b-7) 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.
	(d) A student whose absence is excused under Subsection (b),
	(b-1), (b-2), (b-4), (b-7), or (c) 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. A student whose absence is excused under
	Subsection (b), (b-1), (b-2), (b-4), or (c) shall be allowed a
	reasonable time to make up school work missed on those days. If the
	student satisfactorily completes the school work, the day of
	absence shall be counted as a day of compulsory attendance.
	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
	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, 2017.