By: Martinez (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 441
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to operation of public schools on Memorial Day.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) A school district may not provide student instruction on
Memorial Day. If a school district would be required to provide
student instruction on Memorial Day to compensate for minutes of
instruction lost because of school closures caused by disaster,
flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel curtailment, or another
calamity, the commissioner shall approve the instruction of
students for fewer than the number of minutes required under
Subsection (a).
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.
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