Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1389 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/31/2017

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                            85R8614 CAE-D
 By: Giddings H.B. No. 1389


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to class size limits for prekindergarten classes in public
 schools.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 25.112(a), Education Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (a)  Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school
 district may not enroll more than 22 students in a prekindergarten,
 kindergarten, first, second, third, or fourth grade class. That
 limitation does not apply during:
 (1)  any 12-week period of the school year selected by
 the district, in the case of a district whose average daily
 attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or
 (2)  the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of
 any other district.
 SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
 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, 2017.