| 1 | 1 | | By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 100 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students |
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| 7 | 7 | | by school districts. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 25.0811(a), Education Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) Except as provided by this section, a school district |
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| 12 | 12 | | may not begin instruction for students for a school year before [the |
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| 13 | 13 | | fourth Monday in] August 1. A school district may[: |
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| 14 | 14 | | [(1)] begin instruction for students for a school year |
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| 15 | 15 | | before [the fourth Monday in] August 1 if the district operates a |
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| 16 | 16 | | year-round system under Section 25.084[; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | [(2) begin instruction for students for a school year |
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| 18 | 18 | | on or after the first Monday in August at a campus or at not more |
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| 19 | 19 | | than 20 percent of the campuses in the district if: |
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| 20 | 20 | | [(A) the district has a student enrollment of |
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| 21 | 21 | | 190,000 or more; |
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| 22 | 22 | | [(B) the district at the beginning of the school |
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| 23 | 23 | | year provides, financed with local funds, days of instruction for |
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| 24 | 24 | | students at the campus or at each of the multiple campuses, in |
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| 25 | 25 | | addition to the minimum number of days of instruction required |
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| 26 | 26 | | under Section 25.081; |
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| 27 | 27 | | [(C) the campus or each of the multiple campuses |
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| 28 | 28 | | are undergoing comprehensive reform, as determined by the board of |
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| 29 | 29 | | trustees of the district; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | [(D) a majority of the students at the campus or |
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| 31 | 31 | | at each of the multiple campuses are educationally disadvantaged]. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025 |
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| 33 | 33 | | school year. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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| 35 | 35 | | last day of the legislative session. |
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