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§ 25.0811. First Day of Instruction.
(a) A school district may not begin instruction for students for a school year before the week in which August 21 falls. For purposes of this subsection, Sunday is onsidered the first day of the week.
(b) If a school district intends to apply under Section 7.056 for a waiver of the prohibition prescribed by Subsection (a), the district must:
(1) at least 60 days before the date the district submits the application for the waiver, publish notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the district:
(A) stating that the district intends to apply for a waiver of the prohibition concerning the date of the first day of instruction for students; and
(B) specifying the date on which the district intends to begin instruction for students; and
(2) hold a public hearing concerning the date of the first day of instruction for students.
(c) The application for a waiver of the prohibition prescribed by Subsection (a) must include a summary of the opinions expressed at the public hearing held under Subsection (b)(2), including any consensus of opinion expressed concerning the date of the first day of instruction for students.
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