88S30130 AMF-D
	By: Paxton	S.B. No. 31

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the applicability of certain requirements relating to
	parental rights, open records, and public information to school
	districts designated as districts of innovation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  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
	or limit the applicability of [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)  any parental right or entitlement described or
	provided under Chapter 26;
	(4) [(3)]  state curriculum and graduation
	requirements adopted under Chapter 28; [and]
	(5) [(4)]  academic and financial accountability and
	sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A; or
	(6)  any requirement under Chapter 551 or 552,
	Government Code.
	SECTION 2.  Section 12A.008, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
	(b-2)  The commissioner may terminate a district's
	designation as a district of innovation if the district's local
	innovation plan exempts the district from a provision or limits the
	application of a provision in violation of Section 12A.004(a)(3) or
	(6).
	SECTION 3.  Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as amended
	by this Act, applies to each local innovation plan adopted under
	Chapter 12A, Education Code, regardless of whether the plan was
	adopted before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. A local
	innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date of
	this Act must comply with Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as
	amended by this Act, not later than the 91st day after the last day
	of the legislative session.
	SECTION 4.  Section 12A.008(b-2), Education Code, as added
	by this Act, applies beginning on the 91st day after the last day of
	the legislative session.
	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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.

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