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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring public schools to designate certain uniform |
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election dates as staff development days. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Sections 25.0813 and 25.0814 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.0813. SCHOOL CAMPUS DESIGNATED AS POLLING PLACE. |
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If a public school campus is selected for use as a polling place |
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under Section 43.031, Election Code, the school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school shall designate the day the campus |
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serves as a polling place as a staff development day. |
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Sec. 25.0814. INSTRUCTIONAL TIME WAIVERS FOR CAMPUSES |
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DESIGNATED AS POLLING PLACES. (a) The commissioner shall provide a |
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waiver allowing the minutes of instructional time required under |
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Section 25.081(a) for a school district or open-enrollment charter |
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school campus to be reduced by the number of minutes the district or |
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school is required to suspend instruction in compliance with |
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Section 25.0813. |
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(b) A waiver under this section may not result in an |
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inadequate number of minutes of instructional time for students. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |