Bill Text: TX SB1561 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to a study by the State Board of Education on the instructional day and academic year requirements necessary to complete the required curriculum in public schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-16 - Referred to Public Education [SB1561 Detail]

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	85R12875 MEW-D

	By: Taylor of Collin	S.B. No. 1561



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a study by the State Board of Education on the
	instructional day and academic year requirements necessary to
	complete the required curriculum in public schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. (a) The State Board of Education shall conduct a
	study to determine, for kindergarten through 12th grade, the length
	of the instructional day and of the academic year that would be
	necessary to allow for the completion of the required curriculum
	identified by the board under Section 28.002, Education Code.
	(b) Not later than October 1, 2018, the board shall deliver
	a report containing the results of the study to the governor and the
	legislature.
	(c) This Act expires September 1, 2019.
	SECTION 2. 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.