Bill Text: TX SB608 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public school class size limits in certain grades.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-13 - Referred to Education [SB608 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB608-Introduced.html
85R802 GCB-D | ||
By: Huffines | S.B. No. 608 |
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relating to public school class size limits in certain grades. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.112(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, a school | ||
district may not enroll more than 22 students in a kindergarten, | ||
first, or second[ |
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does not apply during: | ||
(1) any 12-week period of the school year selected by | ||
the district, in the case of a district whose average daily | ||
attendance is adjusted under Section 42.005(c); or | ||
(2) the last 12 weeks of any school year in the case of | ||
any other district. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
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, 2017. |