| 1 | 1 | | 86R8617 SOS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1602 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the time at which instruction may begin in public |
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| 8 | 8 | | schools; making an appropriation. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (i) A school district may not begin classroom instruction |
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| 13 | 13 | | before 8 a.m. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. In addition to other appropriations made by the |
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| 15 | 15 | | 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, the amount of $755,076,520 |
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| 16 | 16 | | is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas |
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| 17 | 17 | | Education Agency to distribute to school districts for the purpose |
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| 18 | 18 | | of offsetting the additional transportation costs that will result |
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| 19 | 19 | | from the prohibition imposed by Section 25.081(i), Education Code, |
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| 20 | 20 | | as added by this Act, for the period beginning on the effective date |
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| 21 | 21 | | of this Act and ending on the second anniversary of that date. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 3. Section 25.081(i), Education Code, as added by |
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| 23 | 23 | | this Act, applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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