News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup

Texas Moves To Require Schools

To Push Back First Day of Classes

Texas school districts would generally be barred from starting school before the week of Aug. 21 under a measure that has been approved by both houses of the legislature, though in slightly different forms.

From the start, the bill had the support of business owners who wanted to keep their teenage workers on the job—and vacationers on the beach—through at least the first part of August. More recently, they were joined by some parents and a group called Texans for a Traditional School Year. Many Texas districts start...