H.B. No. 441         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. If a school district would be required to provide   student instruction on Memorial Day to compensate for minutes of   instruction lost because of school closures caused by disaster,   flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel curtailment, or another   calamity, the commissioner shall approve the instruction of   students for fewer than the number of minutes required under   Subsection (a).          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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 441 was passed by the House on May 4,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 441 was passed by the Senate on May   24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor