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AN ACT
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relating to the operation of open-enrollment charter schools on |
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Memorial Day. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) 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 following provisions of this title: |
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(1) a state or federal requirement applicable to an |
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open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D, |
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Chapter 12, except that a district may be exempt from Section |
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25.081(f), as added by Chapter 1144 (H.B. 441), Acts of the 85th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2017; |
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(2) Subchapters A, C, D, and E, Chapter 11, except that |
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a district may be exempt from Sections 11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and |
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Section 11.162; |
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(3) state curriculum and graduation requirements |
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adopted under Chapter 28; and |
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(4) academic and financial accountability and |
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sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A. |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.081(f), Education Code, as added by |
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Chapter 1144 (H.B. 441), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows: |
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(f) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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not provide student instruction on Memorial Day. If a school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school would be required to |
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provide student instruction on Memorial Day to compensate for |
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minutes of instruction lost because of school closures caused by |
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disaster, flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel curtailment, or |
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another 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 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 109 was passed by the House on March |
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20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; |
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that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. |
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109 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 6, 2 |
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present, not voting; and that the House adopted H.C.R. No. 185 |
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authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No. 109 on May 24, 2019, by |
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the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 109 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; and that the Senate adopted H.C.R. No. 185 authorizing certain |
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corrections in H.B. No. 109 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: |
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Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |