Bill Text: TX HB455 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB455 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB455-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 455 | ||
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| relating to excused absences from public school for certain | ||
| students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.087(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) A school district shall excuse a student from attending | ||
| school for: | ||
| (1) the following purposes, including travel for those | ||
| purposes: | ||
| (A) observing religious holy days; | ||
| (B) attending a required court appearance; | ||
| (C) appearing at a governmental office to | ||
| complete paperwork required in connection with the student's | ||
| application for United States citizenship; | ||
| (D) taking part in a United States naturalization | ||
| oath ceremony; or | ||
| (E) serving as an election clerk; or | ||
| (2) a temporary absence resulting from an appointment | ||
| with health care professionals for the student or the student's | ||
| child if the [ |
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| on the same day of the appointment. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 455 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 12, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 455 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
