82R7634 CAS-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1326
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorization to operate school districts on the basis
of a four-day instructional week.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as authorized under [Subsection (b) of] this
section, Section 25.084, or Section 29.0821, for each school year
each school district must operate so that the district provides for
at least 180 days of instruction for students.
(c) In accordance with this subsection, a school district
may operate so that during the school year the district provides
four days of instruction for students per week. A district that
operates under this subsection may choose to forgo providing
regular instruction for students during the school year from Friday
through Sunday or from Saturday through Monday. Notwithstanding
Section 25.082, the district shall extend the school day at each
district school so that the average length of a school day is at
least 8.5 hours. The amount of state funding to which a district is
entitled is not affected by the district's operation in accordance
with this subsection. The district shall, in the time and manner
required by commissioner rule, notify the commissioner of the
district's intention to operate in accordance with this subsection.
The commissioner shall adopt any other rules necessary for the
administration of this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 21.401(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The commissioner, as provided by Section 25.081(b), may
reduce the number of days of service required by this section. The
commissioner shall reduce the number of days of service required by
this section for an educator employed by a school district
operating in accordance with Section 25.081(c) so that the number
of days of service required is in proportion to the number of days
of instruction provided by the district for the school year. A
reduction by the commissioner under this subsection does not reduce
an educator's salary.
SECTION 3. Section 42.005(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) In this chapter, average daily attendance is:
(1) the quotient of the sum of attendance for each day
of the minimum number of days of instruction as described under
Section 25.081(a) divided by the minimum number of days of
instruction;
(2) for a district that operates under a flexible year
program under Section 29.0821, the quotient of the sum of
attendance for each actual day of instruction as permitted by
Section 29.0821(b)(1) divided by the number of actual days of
instruction as permitted by Section 29.0821(b)(1); [or]
(3) for a district that operates under a flexible
school day program under Section 29.0822, the average daily
attendance as calculated by the commissioner in accordance with
Section 29.0822(d); or
(4) for a district that operates on the basis of a
reduced number of days of instruction and a longer school day under
Section 25.081(c), the quotient of the sum of attendance for each
day of instruction provided under Section 25.081(c) divided by the
number of days of instruction provided under Section 25.081(c).
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
school year.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.