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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 the school year for public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 25.0811 FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION. (a) Except as |
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provided by this section, a school district may not begin |
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instruction for students for a school year before the third |
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[fourth] Monday in August. A school district may: |
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(1) begin instruction for students for a school year |
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before the third [fourth] Monday in August if the district operates |
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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 |
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required 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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(c) Notwithstanding Chapter 12A, Education Code, including |
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Section 12A.003(b), a local innovation plan may not provide for the |
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exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from |
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the first day of instruction requirement under this Section. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of |
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this section, this Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 school |
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year. (b) Section 25.0811(c), Education Code, as amended by this |
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Act, applies only to a local innovation plan adopted or renewed on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. A local innovation plan |
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adopted or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the plan was adopted or renewed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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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. |