Texas Education Code

§ 25.086 — EXEMPTIONS

ED § 25.086Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part E. STUDENTS AND PARENTS · Ch. 25. ADMISSION, TRANSFER, AND ATTENDANCE · Art. C. OPERATION OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

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(a)A child is exempt from the requirements of compulsory school attendance if the child:

(1)attends a private or parochial school that includes in its course a study of good citizenship;

(2)is eligible to participate in a school district's special education program under Section 29.003 and cannot be appropriately served by the resident district;

(3)has a physical or mental condition of a temporary and remediable nature that makes the child's attendance infeasible and holds a certificate from a qualified physician specifying the temporary condition, indicating the treatment prescribed to remedy the temporary condition, and covering the anticipated period of the child's absence from school for the purpose of receiving and recuperating from that remedial treatment;

(4)is expelled in accordance with the requirements of law in a school district that does not participate in a mandatory juvenile justice alternative education program under Section 37.011;

(5)is at least 17 years of age and:

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 377 (S.B. 1395), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 887 (S.B. 1452), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1339 (S.B. 151), Sec. 6, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 4.003, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (S.B. 668), Sec. 1.04, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 188 (S.B. 1467), Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 2021.