Floor Packet Page No. 87                                                    



	

Amend CSHB 2 (House committee printing) as follows:                          



(1)  On page 132, line 26, through page 133, line 14, strike 	Sections 2C.07 and 2C.08 of the bill and substitute the following 

appropriately numbered section:

	SECTION 2C.__.  Effective August 1, 2006, Section 25.0811, 

Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

	Sec. 25.0811.  FIRST AND LAST DAY OF INSTRUCTION.  (a)  A 

school district shall [may not] begin instruction for students for 

a school year on the first Tuesday after Labor Day [before the week 

in which August 21 falls.  For purposes of this subsection, Sunday 

is considered the first day of the week].

	(b)  A school district that is located in a county that has a 

population of at least three million may apply under Section 7.056 

for a waiver of the requirement prescribed by Subsection (a).  If 

such a school district intends to apply [under Section 7.056] for a 

waiver as authorized by this subsection [of the prohibition 

prescribed by Subsection (a)], the district must:

		(1)  at least 60 days before the date the district 

submits the application for the waiver, publish notice in a 

newspaper having general circulation in the district:

			(A)  stating that the district intends to apply 

for a waiver of the requirement [prohibition] concerning the date 

of the first day of instruction for students;  and

			(B)  specifying the date on which the district 

intends to begin instruction for students;  and

		(2)  hold a public hearing concerning the date of the 

first day of instruction for students.

	(c)  The application for a waiver under Subsection (b) [of 

the prohibition prescribed by Subsection (a)] must include a 

summary of the opinions expressed at the public hearing held under 

Subsection (b)(2), including any consensus of opinion expressed 

concerning the date of the first day of instruction for students.

	(d)  A school district's school year must end not later than 

June 7 unless:

		(1)  the district operates a year-round system under 

Section 25.084; or

		(2)  the commissioner grants a waiver to extend the 

school year at a campus as the result of a disaster, flood, extreme 

weather condition, fuel curtailment, or other calamity that caused 

a closure of the campus for a significant period.

	(2)  Renumber the sections of Part C, Article 2, of the bill 

accordingly.    

	(3)  Strike SECTION 8.02 of the bill (page 453, lines 10-11) 

and renumber the subsequent sections of Article 8 accordingly.