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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the first day of instruction of a school year for public |
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school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a board of trustees of a |
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school district may elect for the school district to begin |
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instruction for students for a school year on or after the third |
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Wednesday in August if beginning instruction on or after the fourth |
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Monday in August would result in five or fewer instructional days in |
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the month of August. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |