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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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. |