84R1534 MEW-D
By: Leach H.B. No. 204
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the first day of instruction at a public school.
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
second [fourth] Monday in August. A school district may:
(1) begin instruction for students for a school year
before the second [fourth] Monday in August 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
is [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 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.