82R6859 PAM-D
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 3006
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the minimum number of days of service for public school
educators and the required number of days of instruction for public
school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.401, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) A school district, in accordance with Section
25.081(c), may reduce the number of days of service required by this
section. Notwithstanding Section 21.402, the school district may
reduce an educator's salary in proportion to the reduction in the
number of days of instruction for students under Section 25.081(c).
SECTION 2. 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) A school district may reduce the number of days of
instruction for students required under Subsection (a) by not more
than 10 days each school year. The district is not required to
obtain a waiver under Section 7.056 to reduce the number of days of
instruction for students as provided by this subsection.
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 reduces the number of days of
instruction for students under Section 25.081(c), the quotient of
the sum of attendance for each actual day of instruction as
permitted by Section 25.081(c) divided by the number of actual days
of instruction as permitted by 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.