By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 100
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students
  by school districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.0811(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by this section, a school district
  may not begin instruction for students for a school year before [the
  fourth Monday in] August 1. A school district may[:
               [(1)]  begin instruction for students for a school year
  before [the fourth Monday in] August 1 if the district operates a
  year-round system under Section 25.084[; or
               [(2)  begin instruction for students for a school year
  on or after the first Monday in August at a campus or at not more
  than 20 percent of the campuses in the district if:
                     [(A)  the district has a student enrollment of
  190,000 or more;
                     [(B)  the district at the beginning of the school
  year provides, financed with local funds, days of instruction for
  students at the campus or at each of the multiple campuses, in
  addition to the minimum number of days of instruction required
  under Section 25.081;
                     [(C)  the campus or each of the multiple campuses
  are undergoing comprehensive reform, as determined by the board of
  trustees of the district; and
                     [(D)  a majority of the students at the campus or
  at each of the multiple campuses are educationally disadvantaged].
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.