Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding to the bill the following appropriately numbered new ARTICLE and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____. MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS OF INSTRUCTION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS

SECTION ____.01.  Section 25.081(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(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 at least 170 [180] days of instruction for students.