Bill Text: TX HB3970 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an optional bad weather policy for public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - Left pending in committee [HB3970 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3970-Introduced.html
| By: Keffer | H.B. No. 3970 | |
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| relating to an optional bad weather policy for public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The board of trustees of each school district that | ||
| exceeds the full 7 hours of instructional time required by Section | ||
| 25.082(a) by at least one half hour daily for the full academic year | ||
| may adopt a policy to credit the additional time to the number of | ||
| instructional days required by Subsection (a). The excess time may | ||
| be accumulated in amounts up to but not exceeding ten (10) days each | ||
| year for days missed due to dangerous or extreme weather | ||
| conditions. Unused accumulated days for excess instructional time | ||
| shall not carry over to a school year other than the year in which | ||
| the time was accumulated. After a district credits each day in | ||
| accordance with this subsection, the district shall notify the | ||
| commissioner in writing. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 42.005, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) For any school day credited in accordance with Section | ||
| 25.081(c), the daily attendance shall be reported as the quotient | ||
| calculated under Subsection (a)(1). | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
