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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the time at which instruction may begin in public |
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schools; making an appropriation. |
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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 (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) A school district may not begin classroom instruction |
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before 8 a.m. |
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SECTION 2. In addition to other appropriations made by the |
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86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, the amount of $755,076,520 |
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is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas |
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Education Agency to distribute to school districts for the purpose |
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of offsetting the additional transportation costs that will result |
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from the prohibition imposed by Section 25.081(i), Education Code, |
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as added by this Act, for the period beginning on the effective date |
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of this Act and ending on the second anniversary of that date. |
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SECTION 3. Section 25.081(i), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2019-2020 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. |