86R8617 SOS-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1602
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the time at which instruction may begin in public
schools; making an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) A school district may not begin classroom instruction
before 8 a.m.
SECTION 2. In addition to other appropriations made by the
86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, the amount of $755,076,520
is appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas
Education Agency to distribute to school districts for the purpose
of offsetting the additional transportation costs that will result
from the prohibition imposed by Section 25.081(i), Education Code,
as added by this Act, for the period beginning on the effective date
of this Act and ending on the second anniversary of that date.
SECTION 3. Section 25.081(i), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.
SECTION 4. 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.