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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 at a public school. |
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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 school district |
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may not begin instruction for students for a school year before the |
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week [fourth Monday] in which August 21 falls. For the purposes of |
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this subsection, Sunday is considered the first day of the week. A |
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school district may: |
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(1) begin instruction for students for a school year |
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before the week [fourth Monday] in which August 21 falls if the |
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district 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. (a) Section 25.0811(a), Education Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 2014-2015 school |
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year. |
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(b) This Act does not affect the validity of a waiver issued |
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under Section 7.056, Education Code, that applies to the first day |
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of instruction for the 2014-2015 or a subsequent school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |