HB 3136
AN ACT relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Allows high school juniors and seniors to have excused absences to visit college campuses, with specific limits: two days during junior year and four days during senior year. School districts must establish policies for approving these absences and procedures to verify that students actually visit the institutions of higher education. The goal is to help students explore potential college options during their final two years of high school.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of visiting an institution of higher education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.087(b-2), Education Code, is amended (b-2) A school district may excuse a student from attending school to visit an institution of higher education accredited by a generally recognized accrediting organization during the student's junior and senior years of high school for the purpose of determining the student's interest in attending the institution of higher education, provided that: (1) the district may not excuse for this purpose more than two days during the student's junior year and four [two] days during the student's senior year; and (A) a policy to determine when an absence will be (B) a procedure to verify the student's visit at the institution of higher education. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 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, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of
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