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  89R5220 RAL-F     By: Harris Davila H.B. No. 3136       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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.