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.