By: Springer	H.B. No. 2514

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the first day of instruction in certain school
	districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.0811(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by this section, a school district
	may not begin instruction for students for a school year before the
	fourth Monday in August.  A school district may:
	(1)  begin instruction for students for a school year
	before the fourth Monday in August if the district operates a
	year-round system under Section 25.084; [or]
	(2)  begin instruction for students for a school year
	on or after the first Monday in August at a campus or at not more
	than 20 percent of the campuses in the district if:
	(A)  the district has a student enrollment of
	190,000 or more;
	(B)  the district at the beginning of the school
	year provides, financed with local funds, days of instruction for
	students at the campus or at each of the multiple campuses, in
	addition to the minimum number of days of instruction required
	under Section 25.081;
	(C)  the campus or each of the multiple campuses
	are undergoing comprehensive reform, as determined by the board of
	trustees of the district; and
	(D)  a majority of the students at the campus or at
	each of the multiple campuses are educationally disadvantaged; or
	(3)  begin instruction for students for a school year
	on or after the third Monday in August if the district has a student
	enrollment of fewer than 3,000 and is located in a county with a
	population of less than 50,000.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
	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, 2013.