Bill Text: TX HB1180 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the scheduling of the last day of school for students by public school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1180 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1180-Introduced.html
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By: Goldman | H.B. No. 1180 |
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relating to the scheduling of the last day of school for students by | ||
public school districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.0812, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) or (b), a school | ||
district may not schedule the last day of school for students for a | ||
school year before May 15 or after the Friday preceding Memorial | ||
Day. | ||
(a-1) A school district may schedule the last day of school | ||
for students for a school year after the Friday preceding Memorial | ||
Day if the district operates a year-round system under Section | ||
25.084. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 25.084(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district may operate its schools year-round on | ||
either a single-track or a multitrack calendar. If a school | ||
district adopts a year-round system, the district may modify: | ||
(1) the number of contract days of employees and the | ||
number of days of operation, including any time required for staff | ||
development, planning and preparation, and continuing education, | ||
otherwise required by law; | ||
(2) testing dates, data reporting, and related | ||
matters; | ||
(3) the date of the first day of instruction of the | ||
school year under Section 25.0811 and the date of the last day of | ||
school for a school year under Section 25.0812 for a school that was | ||
operating year-round for the 2016-2017 [ |
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(4) a student's eligibility to participate in | ||
extracurricular activities when the student's calendar track is not | ||
in session. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2018-2019 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect May 1, 2018. |