Bill Text: TX SB140 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to minimum public school attendance for class credit or a final grade.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-19 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [SB140 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB140-Engrossed.html
| By: Shapiro | S.B. No. 140 | |
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| relating to minimum public school attendance for class credit or a | ||
| final grade. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 25.092, Education Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 25.092. MINIMUM ATTENDANCE FOR CLASS CREDIT OR FINAL | ||
| GRADE. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subsections (a), (a-1), (b), and (d), Section | ||
| 25.092, Education Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by this section, a student in any | ||
| grade level from kindergarten through grade 12 may not be given | ||
| credit or a final grade for a class unless the student is in | ||
| attendance for at least 90 percent of the days the class is offered. | ||
| (a-1) A student who is in attendance for at least 75 percent | ||
| but less than 90 percent of the days a class is offered may be given | ||
| credit or a final grade for the class if the student completes a | ||
| plan approved by the school's principal that provides for the | ||
| student to meet the instructional requirements of the class. A | ||
| student under the jurisdiction of a court in a criminal or juvenile | ||
| justice proceeding may not receive credit or a final grade under | ||
| this subsection without the consent of the judge presiding over the | ||
| student's case. | ||
| (b) The board of trustees of each school district shall | ||
| appoint one or more attendance committees to hear petitions for | ||
| class credit or a final grade by students who are in attendance | ||
| fewer than the number of days required under Subsection (a) and have | ||
| not earned class credit or a final grade under Subsection (a-1). | ||
| Classroom teachers shall comprise a majority of the membership of | ||
| the committee. A committee may give class credit or a final grade | ||
| to a student because of extenuating circumstances. Each board of | ||
| trustees shall establish guidelines to determine what constitutes | ||
| extenuating circumstances and shall adopt policies establishing | ||
| alternative ways for students to make up work or regain credit or a | ||
| final grade lost because of absences. The alternative ways must | ||
| include at least one option that does not require a student to pay a | ||
| fee authorized under Section 11.158(a)(15). A certified public | ||
| school employee may not be assigned additional instructional duties | ||
| as a result of this section outside of the regular workday unless | ||
| the employee is compensated for the duties at a reasonable rate of | ||
| pay. | ||
| (d) If a student is denied credit or a final grade for a | ||
| class by an attendance committee, the student may appeal the | ||
| decision to the board of trustees. The decision of the board may be | ||
| appealed by trial de novo to the district court of the county in | ||
| which the school district's central administrative office is | ||
| located. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2011. | ||
