Amend CSSB 8 as follows:                                                     

	(1)  In ARTICLE 2 of the bill, in PART C, add the following 

appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumber subsequent SECTIONS 

appropriately:

	SECTION 2C.___.  Effective August 1, 2006, Section 7.056(e), 

Education Code, as amended by S.B. 658, Acts of the 79th 

Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is amended to read as follows:

	(e)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), a school campus or 

district may not receive an exemption or waiver under this section 

from:

		(1)  a prohibition on conduct that constitutes a 

criminal offense;          

		(2)  a requirement imposed by federal law or rule, 

including a requirement for special education or bilingual 

education programs; or

		(3)  a requirement, restriction, or prohibition 

relating to:                

			(A)  essential knowledge or skills under Section 

28.002 or minimum graduation requirements under Section 28.025;

			(B)  public school accountability as provided by 

Subchapters B, C, D, and G, Chapter 39;

			(C)  extracurricular activities under Section 

33.081 or participation in a University Interscholastic League 

area, regional, or state competition under Section 33.0812;

			(D)  health and safety under Chapter 38;                                     

			(E)  purchasing under Subchapter B, Chapter 44;                              

			(F)  elementary school class size limits, except 

as provided by Section 25.112;

			(G)  removal of a disruptive student from the 

classroom under Subchapter A, Chapter 37;

			(H)  at-risk programs under Subchapter C, Chapter 

29;                      

			(I)  prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E, 

Chapter 29;              

			(J)  educator rights and benefits under 

Subchapters A, C, D, E, F, G, and I, Chapter 21, or under Subchapter 

A, Chapter 22;



			(K)  special education programs under Subchapter 

A, Chapter 29; [or]

			(L)  bilingual education programs under 

Subchapter B, Chapter 29; or

			(M)  the requirements for the first and last day 

of instruction under Section 25.0811, except as provided by that 

section.

	SECTION 2C.___.  Effective August 1, 2006, the heading to 

Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

	Sec. 25.0811.  FIRST AND LAST DAY OF INSTRUCTION.                       

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

25.0811(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

	[(a)]   A school district shall [may not] begin instruction 

for students for a school year on the first Tuesday after Labor Day.  

The 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 [before the week in 

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

considered the first day of the week].

	SECTION 2C.___.  A waiver under Section 7.056(e), Education 

Code, from the requirements for the first and last day of 

instruction under Section 25.0811, Education Code, as amended by 

this Act, for the 2006-2007 or a subsequent school year may be 

granted only as provided by Section 25.0811, Education Code, as 

amended by this Act, and a waiver of those requirements for the 

2006-2007 or a subsequent school year that is granted before August 

1, 2006, and that does not comply with Section 25.0811, Education 

Code, as amended by this Act, is void.

	(2)  In ARTICLE 9 of the bill, add the following 

appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS 

appropriately:

	SECTION 9.___.  Effective June 1, 2006, Sections 25.0811(b) 

and (c), Education Code, are repealed.