Bill Text: TX SB1535 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to school districts of innovation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Referred to Education [SB1535 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1535-Introduced.html

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85R12558 KKA-D
By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 1535

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to school districts of innovation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12A.003(b), Education Code, is amended
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) 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; and
(3) include a detailed explanation of the manner in
which each requirement identified under Subdivision (2) inhibits
the goals of the plan.
SECTION 2. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is amended
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
a provision of this chapter or 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) Chapters 21 and 22;
(4) elementary school class size limits under Section
25.112;
(5) state curriculum and graduation requirements
adopted under Chapter 28;
(6) Chapter 37; and
(7) [(4)] academic and financial accountability and
sanctions under Chapter 39.
SECTION 3. Sections 12A.003 and 12A.004, Education Code, as
amended by this Act, apply only to a local innovation plan adopted
or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A local
innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the plan was
adopted or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 4. 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.