TX SB52

School districts must excuse students for up to 5 days per school year to seek or receive mental or behavioral health treatment, support, or diagnosis, with documentation from a health care professional

School district boards may adopt policies allowing mental health absences without health care professional documentation if students provide documentation from a previous mental health visit or meet with a school counselor with parental consent

Students with excused mental health absences cannot be penalized and will be counted as present for average daily attendance calculations

Students must be given reasonable time to make up missed schoolwork, and completed work counts toward compulsory attendance requirements

Takes effect for the 2025-2026 school year, with immediate effect if passed by two-thirds vote or September 1, 2025 otherwise