Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of visiting an institution of higher education.
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
to read as follows:
(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
(2) the district adopts:
(A) a policy to determine when an absence will be
excused for this purpose; and
(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
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, 2025.
