85R17630 MEW-D
 
  By: Martinez H.B. No. 441
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 441:
 
  By:  VanDeaver C.S.H.B. No. 441
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to operation of public schools on Memorial Day.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  A school district may not provide student instruction on
  Memorial Day. If a school district would be required to provide
  student instruction on Memorial Day to compensate for minutes of
  instruction lost because of school closures caused by disaster,
  flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel curtailment, or another
  calamity, the commissioner shall approve the instruction of
  students for fewer than the number of minutes required under
  Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.