2015S0013-1 11/20/14
By: Seliger S.B. No. 266
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the first day of instruction of a school year for public
school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a board of trustees of a
school district may elect for the school district to begin
instruction for students for a school year on or after the third
Wednesday in August if beginning instruction on or after the fourth
Monday in August would result in five or fewer instructional days in
the month of August.
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.