Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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2	2	By: Metcalf H.B. No. 1591
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students
10	10	by school districts.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 12A.003(b), Education Code, is amended
13	13	to read as follows:
14	14	(b) A local innovation plan must:
15	15	(1) provide for a comprehensive educational program
16	16	for the district, which [program] may include:
17	17	(A) innovative curriculum, instructional
18	18	methods, and provisions regarding community participation, campus
19	19	governance, and parental involvement;
20	20	(B) [modifications to the school day or year;
21	21	[(C)] provisions regarding the district budget
22	22	and sustainable program funding;
23	23	(C) [(D)] accountability and assessment measures
24	24	that exceed the requirements of state and federal law; and
25	25	(D) [(E)] any other innovations prescribed by
26	26	the board of trustees; and
27	27	(2) identify requirements imposed by this code that
28	28	inhibit the goals of the plan and from which the district should be
29	29	exempted on adoption of the plan, subject to Section 12A.004.
30	30	SECTION 2. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is amended
31	31	to read as follows:
32	32	(a) A local innovation plan may not provide for the
33	33	exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from
34	34	the following provisions of this title:
35	35	(1) a state or federal requirement applicable to an
36	36	open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D,
37	37	Chapter 12;
38	38	(2) Subchapters A, C, D, and E, Chapter 11, except that
39	39	a district may be exempt from Sections 11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and
40	40	Section 11.162;
41	41	(3) state curriculum and graduation requirements
42	42	adopted under Chapter 28; [and]
43	43	(4) academic and financial accountability and
44	44	sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A; and
45	45	(5) the first day of instruction requirements under
46	46	Section 25.0811(a)(3).
47	47	SECTION 3. Section 25.0811(a), Education Code, is amended
48	48	to read as follows:
49	49	(a) Except as provided by this section, a school district
50	50	may not begin instruction for students for a school year before the
51	51	fourth Monday in August. A school district may:
52	52	(1) begin instruction for students for a school year
53	53	before the fourth Monday in August if the district operates a
54	54	year-round system under Section 25.084; [or]
55	55	(2) begin instruction for students for a school year
56	56	on or after the first Monday in August at a campus or at not more
57	57	than 20 percent of the campuses in the district if:
58	58	(A) the district has a student enrollment of
59	59	190,000 or more;
60	60	(B) the district at the beginning of the school
61	61	year provides, financed with local funds, days of instruction for
62	62	students at the campus or at each of the multiple campuses, in
63	63	addition to the minimum instructional time [number of days of
64	64	instruction] required under Section 25.081;
65	65	(C) the campus or each of the multiple campuses
66	66	is [are] undergoing comprehensive reform, as determined by the
67	67	board of trustees of the district; and
68	68	(D) a majority of the students at the campus or at
69	69	each of the multiple campuses are educationally disadvantaged; or
70	70	(3) begin instruction for students for a school year
71	71	on or after the third Wednesday in August if the district is
72	72	designated as a district of innovation under Chapter 12A.
73	73	SECTION 4. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
74	74	this section, this Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school
75	75	year.
76	76	(b) Sections 12A.003 and 12A.004, Education Code, as
77	77	amended by this Act, apply only to a local innovation plan adopted
78	78	or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A local
79	79	innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date of
80	80	this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the plan was
81	81	adopted or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for
82	82	that purpose.
83	83	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
84	84	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
85	85	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
86	86	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
87	87	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.