85R3023 MEW-D By: Martinez H.B. No. 441 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to operation of public schools on Memorial Day. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) A school district may not provide student instruction on Memorial Day. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 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, 2017.