82R257 EAH-D By: Aycock H.B. No. 235 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the first day of instruction for a school year in school districts in which a certain percentage of the students are military dependents. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a school district in which, in the preceding school year, at least 33 percent of students in enrollment had a parent or guardian who is a member of the armed forces of the United States may begin instruction for students for a school year on or after the third Monday in August. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. SECTION 3. 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.