Bill Text: TX SB2063 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility for designation as and to accountability for districts of innovation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Referred to Education [SB2063 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2063-Introduced.html
2017S0453-1 03/09/17 | ||
By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 2063 |
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relating to eligibility for designation as and to accountability | ||
for districts of innovation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12A.001, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) Subject to Subsections [ |
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school district may be designated as a district of innovation in | ||
accordance with this chapter. | ||
(b) A school district is eligible for designation as a | ||
district of innovation only if the district's most recent | ||
performance rating under Section 39.054 reflects at least | ||
acceptable performance and the district satisfies the eligibility | ||
standards established by the commissioner under Subsection (d). | ||
(d) The commissioner shall establish objective eligibility | ||
and performance standards in addition to those required under | ||
Subsection (b), including academic performance standards and | ||
financial accountability standards. The agency shall post the | ||
eligibility standards established under this subsection on the | ||
agency's Internet website. | ||
SECTION 2. 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; [ |
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(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) establish performance objectives for the district | ||
under the plan. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 12A.005(a) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board of trustees may not vote on adoption of a | ||
proposed local innovation plan unless: | ||
(1) the final version of the proposed plan has been | ||
available on the district's Internet website for at least 30 days; | ||
(2) the board of trustees has notified the | ||
commissioner of the board's intention to vote on adoption of the | ||
proposed plan; [ |
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(3) the district-level committee established under | ||
Section 11.251 has held a public meeting to consider the final | ||
version of the proposed plan and has approved the plan by a majority | ||
vote of the committee members, provided that the meeting required | ||
by this subdivision may occur immediately before and on the same | ||
date as the meeting at which the board intends to vote on adoption | ||
of the proposed plan; and | ||
(4) the commissioner has notified the board that the | ||
district satisfies all eligibility standards adopted by the | ||
commissioner. | ||
(c) On adoption of a local innovation plan, the district: | ||
(1) is designated as a district of innovation under | ||
this chapter for the term specified in the plan, subject to Section | ||
12A.006; | ||
(2) shall begin operation in accordance with the plan; | ||
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(3) is exempt from state requirements identified under | ||
Section 12A.003(b)(2); and | ||
(4) shall notify the commissioner that the district | ||
has adopted a local innovation plan. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 12A.008(a) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner may terminate a district's designation | ||
as a district of innovation if the district [ |
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(1) receives an unacceptable academic performance | ||
rating under Section 39.054; | ||
(2) receives an unacceptable financial accountability | ||
rating under Section 39.082; or | ||
(3) for two of the preceding three school years, fails | ||
to satisfy any eligibility standard established by the commissioner | ||
under Section 12A.001 [ |
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(c) The commissioner shall terminate a district's | ||
designation as a district of innovation if the district receives | ||
for two of the preceding three [ |
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(1) an unacceptable academic performance rating under | ||
Section 39.054; | ||
(2) an unacceptable financial accountability rating | ||
under Section 39.082; or | ||
(3) any combination of one or more unacceptable | ||
ratings under Subdivision (1) and one or more unacceptable ratings | ||
under Subdivision (2). | ||
SECTION 5. 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. |