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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibition of student instruction while a school |
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campus is a polling place. |
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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 (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) If a school campus is designated as a polling place, the |
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school district: |
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(1) may not provide student instruction on a day the |
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campus serves as a polling place; and |
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(2) may designate a day the campus serves as a polling |
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place as a staff development day. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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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, 2019. |