Bill Text: TX HB184 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 184 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to excused absences from public school caused by circumstances arising out of a statewide or local disaster.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-17 - Filed [HB184 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB184-Introduced.html

	87S20476 GCB-D

	By: Dominguez	H.B. No. 184



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.