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This bill requires public schools to designate the day of a presidential general election as a staff development day if their campus is selected as a polling place. Specifically, when a public school campus is used for voting during a presidential general election, the school district or charter school must turn that day into a staff development day for employees. The bill also requires the commissioner of education to provide a waiver that allows the school to reduce its required instructional minutes proportionally to the time instruction is suspended for this purpose, ensuring that students still receive an adequate number of instructional minutes. The provisions will take effect with the 2025-2026 school year, and the bill becomes effective immediately if it receives a two-thirds vote in the Texas legislature, or on September 1, 2025, if it does not receive the immediate voting threshold. The intent appears to be minimizing disruption to school operations when campuses are used as polling places and providing a structured approach to managing the electoral process.

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