By: Thompson, Miles (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 1555
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011;
  April 14, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; April 28, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 1;
  April 28, 2011, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1555 By:  Shapiro
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the first day of instruction in certain school
  districts that provide additional days of instruction financed with
  local funds.
         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)  Except as provided by this section, a [A] school
  district may not begin instruction for students for a school year
  before the fourth Monday in August. A school district may:
               (1)  begin instruction for students for a school year
  before the fourth Monday in August if [unless] the district
  operates a year-round system under Section 25.084; or
               (2)  begin instruction for students for a school year
  on or after the first Monday in August at a campus or at not more
  than 20 percent of the campuses in the district if:
                     (A)  the district has a student enrollment of
  150,000 or more;
                     (B)  the district at the beginning of the school
  year provides, financed with local funds, days of instruction for
  students at the campus or at each of the multiple campuses, in
  addition to the minimum number of days of instruction required
  under Section 25.081;
                     (C)  the campus or each of the multiple campuses
  are undergoing comprehensive reform, as determined by the board of
  trustees of the district; and
                     (D)  a majority of the students at the campus or at
  each of the multiple campuses are educationally disadvantaged.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2011.
 
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