Bill > HB1209

This bill modifies the Texas Education Code to change the minimum number of instructional days and operational requirements for public schools. Specifically, the bill requires most school districts to operate for a minimum of 175 instructional days (reduced from 180 days), with an exemption for smaller districts with fewer than 8,000 students. The bill introduces a provision allowing school districts that adopted a four-day school week for the 2024-2025 school year to maintain that schedule in subsequent years, with a caveat that districts with poor performance ratings (D, F, or "Not Rated") must return to a five-day school week. The legislation also adjusts various related sections of the education code to reflect the new instructional day requirements, including provisions for school safety training waivers, juvenile justice alternative education programs, and average daily attendance calculations. The changes will take effect for the 2025-2026 school year, and the bill will become law immediately if it receives a two-thirds vote in the Texas legislature, or on September 1, 2025, if it does not receive the immediate effect vote.

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