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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students |
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by school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0811(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by this section, a school district |
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may not begin instruction for students for a school year before [the |
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fourth Monday in] August 1. A school district may[: |
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[(1)] begin instruction for students for a school year |
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before [the fourth Monday in] August 1 if the district operates a |
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year-round system under Section 25.084[; or |
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[(2) begin instruction for students for a school year |
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on or after the first Monday in August at a campus or at not more |
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than 20 percent of the campuses in the district if: |
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[(A) the district has a student enrollment of |
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190,000 or more; |
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[(B) the district at the beginning of the school |
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year provides, financed with local funds, days of instruction for |
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students at the campus or at each of the multiple campuses, in |
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addition to the minimum number of days of instruction required |
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under Section 25.081; |
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[(C) the campus or each of the multiple campuses |
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are undergoing comprehensive reform, as determined by the board of |
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trustees of the district; and |
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[(D) a majority of the students at the campus or |
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at each of the multiple campuses are educationally disadvantaged]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |