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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on the performance and operations of public |
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schools that operate on a year-round system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. In this Act, "agency" means the Texas Education |
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Agency. |
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SECTION 2. The agency shall conduct a study of schools |
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operating on a year-round system under Section 25.084, Education |
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Code. The study must: |
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(1) identify the number of schools in the state that |
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operate on a year-round system; |
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(2) compare the performance on state assessment |
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instruments under Section 39.023, Education Code, and the SAT or |
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ACT of students attending schools that operate on a year-round |
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system with the performance of students attending schools that |
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operate on a traditional school year calendar; and |
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(3) examine the manner in which the academic calendars |
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of schools that operate on a year-round system are structured in |
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relation to the administration dates of state assessment |
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instruments under Section 39.023, Education Code. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2016, the agency shall |
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deliver a report containing the findings of the study conducted |
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under Section 2 of this Act to the governor, lieutenant governor, |
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speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate committees |
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of the legislature. |
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SECTION 4. This Act expires December 31, 2016. |
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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, 2015. |