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| 1 | 1 | 85R802 GCB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Huffines S.B. No. 608 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to public school class size limits in certain grades. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 25.112(a), Education Code, is amended to | |
| 10 | 10 | read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school | |
| 12 | 12 | district may not enroll more than 22 students in a kindergarten, | |
| 13 | 13 | first, or second[, third, or fourth] grade class. That limitation | |
| 14 | 14 | does not apply during: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by | |
| 16 | 16 | the district, in the case of a district whose average daily | |
| 17 | 17 | attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of | |
| 19 | 19 | any other district. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | |
| 21 | 21 | school year. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |