Texas Education Code
§ 25.0875 — EXCUSED ABSENCE TO ATTEND RELEASED TIME COURSE
ED § 25.0875Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part E. STUDENTS AND PARENTS · Ch. 25. ADMISSION, TRANSFER, AND ATTENDANCE · Art. C. OPERATION OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section, "released time course" means a course in religious instruction offered by a private entity.
(b)A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall, on the request of a parent or legal guardian of a student enrolled at the district or school and subject to the policy adopted under Subsection (c), excuse the student from attending school to attend a released time course for at least one but not more than five hours a week.
(c)Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a policy for excusing a student enrolled at the district or school from attending school to attend a released time course. The policy:
(1)must require:
(A)the student's parent or legal guardian to provide written consent for the student to attend the released time course;
(B)the private entity offering the released time course to maintain attendance records and make the records available to the district or school at which the student is enrolled;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (S.B. 1049), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.