84R7962 MEW-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 1850
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to operation of public schools on Memorial Day.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A school district may not provide student instruction on
Memorial Day.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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, 2015.