Bill Text: TX SB606 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a school district of innovation to administer alternative assessment instruments to district students.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-14 - Co-author authorized [SB606 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB606-Introduced.html
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| By: Huffines | S.B. No. 606 | |
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| relating to the authority of a school district of innovation to | ||
| administer alternative assessment instruments to district | ||
| students. | ||
| 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) modifications to the school day or year; | ||
| (C) provisions regarding the district budget and | ||
| sustainable program funding; | ||
| (D) administration of national norm-referenced | ||
| assessment instruments instead of state assessment instruments | ||
| adopted under Section 39.023; | ||
| (E) accountability and assessment measures that | ||
| exceed the requirements of state and federal law; and | ||
| (F) [ |
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| 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) If a local innovation plan includes the administration | ||
| of national assessment instruments as provided by Subsection | ||
| (b)(1)(D), the commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to: | ||
| (1) ensure that information regarding student | ||
| performance on the national assessment instruments is provided to | ||
| the agency; and | ||
| (2) provide procedures for the commissioner to assign | ||
| performance ratings to the district under Section 39.054 based on | ||
| student performance on the national assessment instruments. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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; and | ||
| (4) academic and financial accountability and | ||
| sanctions under Chapter 39, except as provided by Sections | ||
| 12A.003(b)(1)(D) and (c). | ||
| 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. | ||
