| 1 | 1 | | 89R4031 RDR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 143 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to requiring public schools to designate certain uniform |
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| 10 | 10 | | election dates as staff development days. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 25.0814 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 25.0814. SCHOOL CAMPUS DESIGNATED AS POLLING PLACE. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) If a public school campus is selected for use as a polling place |
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| 16 | 16 | | under Section 43.031, Election Code, on the date of a presidential |
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| 17 | 17 | | general election, the school district or open-enrollment charter |
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| 18 | 18 | | school shall designate the day as a staff development day. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The commissioner shall provide a waiver allowing the |
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| 20 | 20 | | minutes of instructional time required under Section 25.081(a) for |
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| 21 | 21 | | a school district or open-enrollment charter school campus to be |
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| 22 | 22 | | reduced by the number of minutes the district or school is required |
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| 23 | 23 | | to suspend instruction in compliance with this section. A waiver |
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| 24 | 24 | | under this subsection may not result in an inadequate number of |
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| 25 | 25 | | minutes of instructional time for students. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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| 27 | 27 | | school year. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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