Bill Text: TX SB266 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the first day of instruction of a school year for public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Referred to Education [SB266 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB266-Introduced.html
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By: Seliger | S.B. No. 266 |
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relating to the first day of instruction of a school year for public | ||
school students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a board of trustees of a | ||
school district may elect for the school district to begin | ||
instruction for students for a school year on or after the third | ||
Wednesday in August if beginning instruction on or after the fourth | ||
Monday in August would result in five or fewer instructional days in | ||
the month of August. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
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, 2015. |