By McClendon H.B. No. 40
77R1158 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the first instructional day of a school year for public
1-3 school students.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Section 25.0811 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 25.0811. FIRST INSTRUCTIONAL DAY. Each school
1-8 district shall begin instruction for students for a school year on
1-9 the day after Labor Day.
1-10 SECTION 2. Section 25.084(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-11 read as follows:
1-12 (a) A school district may operate its schools year-round on
1-13 either a single-track or a multitrack calendar. If a school
1-14 district adopts a year-round system, the district may modify:
1-15 (1) the number of contract days of employees and the
1-16 number of days of operation, including any time required for staff
1-17 development, planning and preparation, and continuing education,
1-18 otherwise required by law;
1-19 (2) testing dates, data reporting, and related
1-20 matters; [and]
1-21 (3) the first day of instruction for students for a
1-22 school year as necessary, notwithstanding Section 25.0811; and
1-23 (4) a student's eligibility to participate in
1-24 extracurricular activities when the student's calendar track is not
2-1 in session.
2-2 SECTION 3. Section 25.0811, Education Code, as added by this
2-3 Act, and Section 25.084(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act,
2-4 apply beginning with the 2001-2002 school year.
2-5 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-6 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-7 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-8 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-9 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
2-10 legislative session.