Sec. 25.083. SCHOOL DAY INTERRUPTIONS. (a) The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt and strictly enforce a policy limiting interruptions of classes during the school day for nonacademic activities such as announcements and sales promotions. At a minimum, the policy must limit announcements other than emergency announcements to once during the school day.
(b) The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt and strictly enforce a policy limiting the removal of students from class for remedial tutoring or test preparation. A district may not remove a student from a regularly scheduled class for remedial tutoring or test preparation if, as a result of the removal, the student would miss more than 10 percent of the school days on which the class is offered, unless the student's parent or another person standing in parental relation to the student provides to the district written consent for removal from class for such purpose.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 5(a), eff. June 10, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle E - Students and Parents
Chapter 25 - Admission, Transfer, and Attendance
Subchapter C. Operation of Schools and School Attendance
Section 25.081. Operation of Schools
Section 25.0811. First Day of Instruction
Section 25.0812. Last Day of School
Section 25.0815. Operation and Instructional Time Waivers for School Safety Training
Section 25.082. Pledges of Allegiance; Minute of Silence
Section 25.0821. Minute of Silence to Commemorate September 11, 2001
Section 25.0822. Patriotic Society Access to Students
Section 25.083. School Day Interruptions
Section 25.084. Year-Round System
Section 25.085. Compulsory School Attendance
Section 25.087. Excused Absences
Section 25.088. School Attendance Officer
Section 25.089. Compensation of Attendance Officer; Dual Service
Section 25.090. Attendance Officer Not Selected
Section 25.091. Powers and Duties of Peace Officers and Other Attendance Officers
Section 25.0915. Truancy Prevention Measures
Section 25.092. Minimum Attendance for Class Credit or Final Grade
Section 25.093. Parent Contributing to Nonattendance
Section 25.095. Warning Notices
Section 25.0951. School District Complaint or Referral for Failure to Attend School
Section 25.0952. Procedures Applicable to Parent Contributing to Nonattendance Offense