79R2086 SLO-D

By:  Mowery                                                       H.B. No. 249



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the first day of instruction at a public school.                  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.0811(a), Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A school district may not begin instruction for students 
for a school year before the week in which August 31 [21] falls.  For 
purposes of this subsection, Sunday is considered the first day of 
the week.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 25.0811(b) and (c), Education Code, are 
repealed.       
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.       
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.