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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to operation of public schools on Memorial Day. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) A school district may not provide student instruction on |
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Memorial Day. If a school district would be required to provide |
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student instruction on Memorial Day to compensate for minutes of |
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instruction lost because of school closures caused by disaster, |
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flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel curtailment, or another |
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calamity, the commissioner shall approve the instruction of |
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students for fewer than the number of minutes required under |
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Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |