Bill Text: TX HB1389 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to class size limits for prekindergarten classes in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-14 - Left pending in committee [HB1389 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1389-Introduced.html
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| By: Giddings | H.B. No. 1389 | |
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| relating to class size limits for prekindergarten classes in public | ||
| schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.112(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school | ||
| district may not enroll more than 22 students in a prekindergarten, | ||
| kindergarten, first, second, third, or fourth grade class. That | ||
| limitation does not apply during: | ||
| (1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by | ||
| the district, in the case of a district whose average daily | ||
| attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or | ||
| (2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of | ||
| any other district. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
