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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to school districts of innovation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12A.003(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A local innovation plan must: |
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(1) provide for a comprehensive educational program |
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for the district, which [program] may include: |
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(A) innovative curriculum, instructional |
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methods, and provisions regarding community participation, campus |
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governance, and parental involvement; |
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(B) modifications to the school day or year; |
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(C) provisions regarding the district budget and |
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sustainable program funding; |
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(D) accountability and assessment measures that |
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exceed the requirements of state and federal law; and |
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(E) any other innovations prescribed by the board |
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of trustees; [and] |
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(2) identify requirements imposed by this code that |
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inhibit the goals of the plan and from which the district should be |
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exempted on adoption of the plan, subject to Section 12A.004; and |
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(3) include a detailed explanation of the manner in |
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which each requirement identified under Subdivision (2) inhibits |
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the goals of the plan. |
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SECTION 2. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A local innovation plan may not provide for the |
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exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from |
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a provision of this chapter or the following provisions of this |
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title: |
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(1) a state or federal requirement applicable to an |
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open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D, |
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Chapter 12; |
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(2) Subchapters A, C, D, and E, Chapter 11, except that |
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a district may be exempt from Sections 11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and |
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Section 11.162; |
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(3) Chapters 21 and 22; |
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(4) elementary school class size limits under Section |
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25.112; |
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(5) state curriculum and graduation requirements |
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adopted under Chapter 28; |
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(6) Chapter 37; and |
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(7) [(4)] academic and financial accountability and |
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sanctions under Chapter 39. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 12A.003 and 12A.004, Education Code, as |
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amended by this Act, apply only to a local innovation plan adopted |
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or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A local |
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innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the plan was |
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adopted or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |