By:  Lucio, et al.                                     S.B. No. 108
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the first day of instruction of a school year for
 1-3     public 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 DAY OF INSTRUCTION.  (a)  A school
 1-8     district may not begin instruction for students for a school year
 1-9     before the week in which August 21 falls.
1-10           (b)  For purposes of this section, Sunday is considered the
1-11     first day of the week.
1-12           SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 25.084, Education Code,
1-13     is amended to read as follows:
1-14           (a)  A school district may operate its schools year-round on
1-15     either a single-track or a multitrack calendar.  If a school
1-16     district adopts a year-round system, the district may modify:
1-17                 (1)  the number of contract days of employees and the
1-18     number of days of operation, including any time required for staff
1-19     development, planning and preparation, and continuing education,
1-20     otherwise required by law;
1-21                 (2)  testing dates, data reporting, and related
1-22     matters; [and]
1-23                 (3)  the date of the first day of instruction of the
1-24     school year under Section 25.0811 for a school that was operating
1-25     year-round for the 2000-2001 school year; and
 2-1                 (4)  a student's eligibility to participate in
 2-2     extracurricular activities when the student's calendar track is not
 2-3     in session.
 2-4           SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2002-2003
 2-5     school year.
 2-6           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.