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HB2040 • 2025

Relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program.

Relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program.

Children Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
King
Last action
2025-05-16
Official status
05/16/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program.

Relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Education K-16

  3. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  4. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  5. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2464

  6. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  7. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  8. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  9. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  10. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  11. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2385

  12. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  16. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  17. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  18. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  19. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  20. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  23. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  24. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  25. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Education

  26. 2025-01-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2040 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R778 TSS-D

By: King

H.B. No. 2040

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to

be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 37.011(f), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(f) A juvenile justice alternative education program must

provide
[
operate
] at least
43,200 minutes of instructional time

[
seven hours per day and 180 days
] per year, except that a program

may apply to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for a waiver of

the
instructional time
[
180-day
] requirement. The department may

not grant a waiver to a program under this subsection for a number

of
minutes
[
days
] that exceeds the highest number of instructional

minutes
[
days
] waived by the commissioner during the same school

year for
any
[
a
] school district served by the program.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026

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, 2025.