Bill Text: TX HB184 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to excused absences from public school caused by circumstances arising out of a statewide or local disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-17 - Filed [HB184 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB184-Introduced.html
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| By: Dominguez | H.B. No. 184 | |
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| relating to excused absences from public school caused by | ||
| circumstances arising out of a statewide or local disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.087, Education Code, as amended by | ||
| S.B. No. 289, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, | ||
| is amended by adding Subsection (b-8) and amending Subsection (d) | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b-8) If a state of disaster or local disaster is declared | ||
| under Chapter 418, Government Code, for an area in which a school | ||
| district is wholly or partly located, the district shall excuse a | ||
| student whose parent, legal guardian, or person standing in | ||
| parental relation to the student notifies the district that the | ||
| student's absence is caused by circumstances arising out of that | ||
| disaster. | ||
| (d) A student whose absence is excused under Subsection (b), | ||
| (b-1), (b-2), (b-4), (b-5), (b-7), (b-8), 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), | ||
| (b-5), (b-7), (b-8), 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 2021-2022 | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
