By: Keffer H.B. No. 3970
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an optional bad weather policy for public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The board of trustees of each school district that
exceeds the full 7 hours of instructional time required by Section
25.082(a) by at least one half hour daily for the full academic year
may adopt a policy to credit the additional time to the number of
instructional days required by Subsection (a). The excess time may
be accumulated in amounts up to but not exceeding ten (10) days each
year for days missed due to dangerous or extreme weather
conditions. Unused accumulated days for excess instructional time
shall not carry over to a school year other than the year in which
the time was accumulated. After a district credits each day in
accordance with this subsection, the district shall notify the
commissioner in writing.
SECTION 2. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) For any school day credited in accordance with Section
25.081(c), the daily attendance shall be reported as the quotient
calculated under Subsection (a)(1).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.