By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 2052
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the first day of the school year for public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
Sec. 25.0811 FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION. (a) Except as
provided by this section, a school district may not begin
instruction for students for a school year before the third
[fourth] Monday in August. A school district may:
(1) begin instruction for students for a school year
before the third [fourth] Monday in August if the district operates
a year-round system under Section 25.084; or
(2) begin instruction for students for a school year
on or after the first Monday in August at a campus or at not more
than 20 percent of the campuses in the district if:
(A) the district has a student enrollment of
190,000 or more;
(B) the district at the beginning of the school
year provides, financed with local funds, days of instruction
required under Section 25.081;
(C) the campus or each of the multiple campuses
are undergoing comprehensive reform, as determined by the board of
trustees of the district; and
(D) a majority of the students at the campus or at
each of the multiple campuses are educationally disadvantaged.
(c) Notwithstanding Chapter 12A, Education Code, including
Section 12A.003(b), a local innovation plan may not provide for the
exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from
the first day of instruction requirement under this Section.
SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
this section, this Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 school
year. (b) Section 25.0811(c), Education Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to a local innovation plan adopted or renewed on
or after the effective date of this Act. A local innovation plan
adopted or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the plan was adopted or renewed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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.