Sec. 25.086. EXEMPTIONS    


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    (B) has received a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate;

    (6) is at least 16 years of age and is attending a course of instruction to prepare for the high school equivalency examination, if:

    (A) the child is recommended to take the course of instruction by a public agency that has supervision or custody of the child under a court order; or

    (B) the child is enrolled in a Job Corps training program under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 et seq.);

    (7) is at least 16 years of age and is enrolled in a high school diploma program under Chapter 18;

    (8) is enrolled in the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science under Subchapter G, Chapter 105;

    (9) is enrolled in the Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities;

    (10) is enrolled in the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at The University of Texas at Brownsville;

    (11) is enrolled in the Texas Academy of International Studies; or

    (12) is specifically exempted under another law.

    (b) This section does not relieve a school district in which a child eligible to participate in the district's special education program resides of its fiscal and administrative responsibilities under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, or of its responsibility to provide a free appropriate public education to a child with a disability.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1015, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1019, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1282, Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 377 , Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 887 , Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1339 , Sec. 6, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 , Sec. 4.003, eff. September 1, 2007.