85R1065 MEW-D     By: Leach H.B. No. 620       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   second [fourth] Monday in August. A school district may:                (1)  begin instruction for students for a school year   before the second [fourth] Monday in August 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 time    required under Section 25.081;                      (C)  the campus or each of the multiple campuses   is [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.  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.