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AN ACT
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relating to the first day of instruction in certain school |
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districts that provide additional days of instruction financed with |
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local funds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0811(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by this section, a [A] school |
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district may not begin instruction for students for a school year |
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before the fourth Monday in August. A school district may: |
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(1) begin instruction for students for a school year |
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before the fourth Monday in August if [unless] the district |
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operates a year-round system under Section 25.084; or |
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(2) begin instruction for students for a school year |
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on or after the first Monday in August at a campus or at not more |
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than 20 percent of the campuses in the district if: |
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(A) the district has a student enrollment of |
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190,000 or more; |
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(B) the district at the beginning of the school |
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year provides, financed with local funds, days of instruction for |
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students at the campus or at each of the multiple campuses, in |
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addition to the minimum number of days of instruction required |
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under Section 25.081; |
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(C) the campus or each of the multiple campuses |
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are undergoing comprehensive reform, as determined by the board of |
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trustees of the district; and |
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(D) a majority of the students at the campus or at |
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each of the multiple campuses are educationally disadvantaged. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1555 was passed by the House on April |
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7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 1555 on May 5, 2011, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 1555 on May 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, |
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Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1555 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 2, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; |
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at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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1555 on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |