Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R4860 MK-D
2	2	By: Goldman H.B. No. 596
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the scheduling of the last day of school for students by
8	8	public school districts.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 7.056(e), Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), a school campus or
13	13	district may not receive an exemption or waiver under this section
14	14	from:
15	15	(1) a prohibition on conduct that constitutes a
16	16	criminal offense;
17	17	(2) a requirement imposed by federal law or rule,
18	18	including a requirement for special education or bilingual
19	19	education programs; or
20	20	(3) a requirement, restriction, or prohibition
21	21	relating to:
22	22	(A) essential knowledge or skills under Section
23	23	28.002 or high school graduation requirements under Section 28.025;
24	24	(B) public school accountability as provided by
25	25	Subchapters B, C, D, E, and J, Chapter 39;
26	26	(C) extracurricular activities under Section
27	27	33.081 or participation in a University Interscholastic League
28	28	area, regional, or state competition under Section 33.0812;
29	29	(D) health and safety under Chapter 38;
30	30	(E) purchasing under Subchapter B, Chapter 44;
31	31	(F) elementary school class size limits, except
32	32	as provided by Section 25.112;
33	33	(G) removal of a disruptive student from the
34	34	classroom under Subchapter A, Chapter 37;
35	35	(H) at-risk programs under Subchapter C, Chapter
36	36	29;
37	37	(I) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E,
38	38	Chapter 29;
39	39	(J) educator rights and benefits under
40	40	Subchapters A, C, D, E, F, G, and I, Chapter 21, or under Subchapter
41	41	A, Chapter 22;
42	42	(K) special education programs under Subchapter
43	43	A, Chapter 29;
44	44	(L) bilingual education programs under
45	45	Subchapter B, Chapter 29; or
46	46	(M) the requirements for the last [first] day of
47	47	school [instruction] under Section 25.0812 [25.0811].
48	48	SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is
49	49	amended by adding Section 25.0812 to read as follows:
50	50	Sec. 25.0812. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. (a) Except as provided by
51	51	Subsection (b), a school district may not schedule the last day of
52	52	school for students for a school year after the Friday preceding
53	53	Memorial Day.
54	54	(b) A school district may schedule the last day of school
55	55	for students for a school year after the Friday preceding Memorial
56	56	Day if the district operates a year-round system under Section
57	57	25.084.
58	58	(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a school district that
59	59	does not offer each grade level from kindergarten through grade 12
60	60	and whose prospective or former students generally attend school in
61	61	another state for the grade levels the district does not offer may
62	62	schedule the last day of school on any date permitted under
63	63	Subsection (a) or the law of the other state.
64	64	SECTION 3. Section 25.084(a), Education Code, is amended to
65	65	read as follows:
66	66	(a) A school district may operate its schools year-round on
67	67	either a single-track or a multitrack calendar. If a school
68	68	district adopts a year-round system, the district may modify:
69	69	(1) the number of contract days of employees and the
70	70	number of days of operation, including any time required for staff
71	71	development, planning and preparation, and continuing education,
72	72	otherwise required by law;
73	73	(2) testing dates, data reporting, and related
74	74	matters;
75	75	(3) the date of the last [first] day of school for
76	76	students for a [instruction of the] school year under Section
77	77	25.0812 [25.0811] for a school that was operating year-round for
78	78	the 2014-2015 [2000-2001] school year; and
79	79	(4) a student's eligibility to participate in
80	80	extracurricular activities when the student's calendar track is not
81	81	in session.
82	82	SECTION 4. Section 151.326(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
83	83	as follows:
84	84	(a) The sale of an article of clothing or footwear designed
85	85	to be worn on or about the human body is exempted from the taxes
86	86	imposed by this chapter if:
87	87	(1) the sales price of the article is less than $100;
88	88	and
89	89	(2) the sale takes place during a period beginning at
90	90	12:01 a.m. on the second Friday of August [before the 15th day
91	91	preceding the uniform date prescribed by Section 25.0811(a),
92	92	Education Code, without regard to any exception authorized by that
93	93	section, before which a school district may not begin instruction
94	94	for the school year,] and ending at 12 midnight on the following
95	95	Sunday.
96	96	SECTION 5. Section 25.0811, Education Code, is repealed.
97	97	SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with the 2016-2017
98	98	school year.
99	99	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect May 1, 2016.