86R1564 SRS-D
By: Holland H.B. No. 1269
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition of student instruction while a school
campus is a polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) If a school campus is designated as a polling place, the
school district:
(1) may not provide student instruction on a day the
campus serves as a polling place; and
(2) may designate a day the campus serves as a polling
place as a staff development day.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
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, 2019.