Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to HB 18 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a school district located in a county with a population less than 20,000 that has only one campus, that offers instruction from prekindergarten through grade 12 and that has been granted an Early College Start Date waiver from the commissioner, may start school on any date that aligns with the first week of the fall semester of an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education, as those terms are defined under Section 61.003, with which the district partners to offer dual credit courses.