Bill Text: TX SB1135 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the first day of instruction at a public school in a district of innovation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Referred to Education [SB1135 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1135-Introduced.html
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By: Campbell | S.B. No. 1135 |
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relating to the first day of instruction at a public school in a | ||
district of innovation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12A.003, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) A local innovation plan must: | ||
(1) provide for a comprehensive educational program | ||
for the district, which program may include: | ||
(A) innovative curriculum, instructional | ||
methods, and provisions regarding community participation, campus | ||
governance, and parental involvement; | ||
(B) except as provided by Section 12A.004(a), | ||
modifications to the school day or year; | ||
(C) provisions regarding the district budget and | ||
sustainable program funding; | ||
(D) accountability and assessment measures that | ||
exceed the requirements of state and federal law; and | ||
(E) any other innovations prescribed by the board | ||
of trustees; and | ||
(2) identify requirements imposed by this code that | ||
inhibit the goals of the plan and from which the district should be | ||
exempted on adoption of the plan, subject to Section 12A.004. | ||
(c) A school district designated as a district of innovation | ||
before June 1, 2017, may include modifications to the school year in | ||
the local innovation plan. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 12A.004, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) A local innovation plan may not provide for the | ||
exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from | ||
the following provisions of this title: | ||
(1) a state or federal requirement applicable to an | ||
open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D, | ||
Chapter 12; | ||
(2) Subchapters A, C, D, and E, Chapter 11, except that | ||
a district may be exempt from Sections 11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and | ||
Section 11.162; | ||
(3) state curriculum and graduation requirements | ||
adopted under Chapter 28; [ |
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(4) academic and financial accountability and | ||
sanctions under Chapter 39; and | ||
(5) the first day of instruction requirement under | ||
Section 25.0811. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, | ||
the local innovation plan of a school district designated as a | ||
district of innovation before June 1, 2017, may provide for the | ||
exemption of the district from the first day of instruction | ||
requirement under Section 25.0811. | ||
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. |