Bill Text: TX HB669 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 669 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the first day of instruction at a public school.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-14 - Referred to Public Education [HB669 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB669-Introduced.html

	83R4096 MEW-F

	By: Ratliff	H.B. No. 669



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the first day of instruction at a public school.
	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
	week [~~fourth Monday~~] in which August 21 falls. For the purposes of
	this subsection, Sunday is considered the first day of the week. A
	school district may:
	(1) begin instruction for students for a school year
	before the week [~~fourth Monday~~] in which August 21 falls 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.
	SECTION 2. (a) Section 25.0811(a), Education Code, as
	amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 2014-2015 school
	year.
	(b) This Act does not affect the validity of a waiver issued
	under Section 7.056, Education Code, that applies to the first day
	of instruction for the 2014-2015 or a subsequent school year.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.