Floor Packet Page No. 83                                                    



	

Amend CSHB 2 as follows:                                                     



(1)  On page 130, line 18, strike "first and".

	(2)  On page 132, line 26, through page 133, line 14, strike 

Sections 2C.07 and 2C.08 of the bill and substitute the following:

	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)  If a school district intends to apply under Section 

7.056 for a waiver of the requirement [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 of the requirement

[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)  If the commissioner grants a school district a waiver of 

the requirement prescribed by Subsection (a), for each day that the 

district instructs students before the school start date prescribed 

by that subsection, the commissioner shall assess a fee against the 

district in an amount determined by the commissioner in accordance 

with a rule adopted by the commissioner for that purpose.  The fee 

must reflect the actual cost to the state resulting from the 

district's early school start date.  Any fee assessed under this 

section shall be deposited in the general revenue fund.  The 

commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this 

subsection.

	(e)  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.

	(3)  On page 453, lines 10 and 11, strike Section 8.02 of the 

bill.          

	(4)  Renumber the sections of the bill accordingly.