CHAPTER 218 H.B. No. 256 AN ACT relating to excused absences for religious holy days for students in institutions of higher education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 51.911(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) An institution of higher education shall excuse a student from attending [ .all. a .etenh. f bf classes or other required activities, including examinations, for the observance of a religious holy day, including travel for that purpose. A student whose absence is excused under this subsection may not be penalized for that absence and shall be allowed to take an examination or complete an assignment from which the student is excused [ch}edulcd for that day] within a reasonable time after the absence [if r' t l ater th-at 15th day afte t firz da oft SECTION 2. Section 51.911(c), Education Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. (a) Sections 1 and 2 of this Act apply beginning with the 2003 fall semester. (b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules for the administration of Section 51.911(b), Education Code, as amended by this Act, or amend its existing rules for that
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