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Amend CSHB 2 on page 75, between lines 25 and 26, by adding 
the following appropriately numbered section to Part C, Article 2, 
of the bill, and renumbering the subsequent sections accordingly:
	SECTION 2C.__.  Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 25.081.  OPERATION OF SCHOOLS.  (a)  Except as 
authorized under Subsection (b) of this section, Section 25.084, or 
Section 29.0821, for each school year each school district must 
operate so that the district provides for not more than [at least] 
180 days and not fewer than 1,260 hours of instruction for students.
	(b)  The commissioner may approve the instruction of 
students for fewer than the number of hours [days] required under 
Subsection (a) if disaster, flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel 
curtailment, or another calamity causes the closing of schools.