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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 Section 25.0814 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.0814. SCHOOL CAMPUS DESIGNATED AS POLLING PLACE. |
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(a) If a public school campus is selected for use as a polling place |
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under Section 43.031, Election Code, on the date of a presidential |
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general election, the school district or open-enrollment charter |
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school shall designate the day as a staff development day. |
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(b) The commissioner shall provide a waiver allowing the |
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minutes of instructional time required under Section 25.081(a) for |
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a school district or open-enrollment charter school campus to be |
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reduced by the number of minutes the district or school is required |
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to suspend instruction in compliance with this section. A waiver |
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under this subsection may not result in an inadequate number of |
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minutes of instructional time for students. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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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, 2025. |