TITLE: Relating to the prohibition of student instruction while a school campus is a polling place.

SUMMARY: Relating to the prohibition of student instruction while a school campus is a polling place.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the prohibition of student instruction while a school campus is a polling place. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) If a school campus is designated as a polling place, the school district: (1) may not provide student instruction on a day the campus serves as a polling place; and (2) may designate a day the campus serves as a polling place as a staff development day. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 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.