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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the minimum number of days of service for public school |
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educators and the required number of days of instruction for public |
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school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.401, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) A school district, in accordance with Section |
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25.081(c), may reduce the number of days of service required by this |
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section. Notwithstanding Section 21.402, the school district may |
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reduce an educator's salary in proportion to the reduction in the |
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number of days of instruction for students under Section 25.081(c). |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as authorized under [Subsection (b) of] this |
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section, Section 25.084, or Section 29.0821, for each school year |
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each school district must operate so that the district provides for |
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at least 180 days of instruction for students. |
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(c) A school district may reduce the number of days of |
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instruction for students required under Subsection (a) by not more |
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than 10 days each school year. The district is not required to |
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obtain a waiver under Section 7.056 to reduce the number of days of |
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instruction for students as provided by this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.005(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) In this chapter, average daily attendance is: |
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(1) the quotient of the sum of attendance for each day |
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of the minimum number of days of instruction as described under |
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Section 25.081(a) divided by the minimum number of days of |
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instruction; |
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(2) for a district that operates under a flexible year |
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program under Section 29.0821, the quotient of the sum of |
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attendance for each actual day of instruction as permitted by |
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Section 29.0821(b)(1) divided by the number of actual days of |
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instruction as permitted by Section 29.0821(b)(1); [or] |
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(3) for a district that operates under a flexible |
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school day program under Section 29.0822, the average daily |
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attendance as calculated by the commissioner in accordance with |
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Section 29.0822(d); or |
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(4) for a district that reduces the number of days of |
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instruction for students under Section 25.081(c), the quotient of |
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the sum of attendance for each actual day of instruction as |
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permitted by Section 25.081(c) divided by the number of actual days |
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of instruction as permitted by Section 25.081(c). |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |