By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 1428


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the operation of schools and school attendance.                   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25, Subchapter C, Education Code, is 
amended section 25.081 to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as authorized under Subsection (b) or Section 
25.084, for each school year each school district must operate so 
that the district provides for at least 180 days of instruction for 
students.
	(b)  The commissioner may approve the instruction of 
students for fewer than the number of days required under 
Subsection (a) if disaster, flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel 
curtailment, or another calamity causes the closing of schools.
	(c)  A school district may not schedule a spring break period 
which would include the second Tuesday in March of even-numbered 
years, except as authorized under Subsection (b) above.
	SECTION 2.  This act takes effect September 1, 2003