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By: Gooden H.B. No. 3318
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public access to local innovation plans adopted by
school districts of innovation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 12A, Education Code, is amended by
adding Section 12A.0071 to read as follows:
Sec. 12A.0071. POSTING OF LOCAL INNOVATION PLAN. (a) A
school district designated as a district of innovation shall ensure
that a copy of the district's current local innovation plan is
available to the public by posting and maintaining the plan in a
prominent location on the district's Internet website.
(b) Not later than the 15th day after the date on which the
board of trustees adopts a proposed local innovation plan, adopts a
proposed amendment of a local innovation plan, or renews a local
innovation plan, the district shall provide a copy of the current
local innovation plan to the agency. The agency shall promptly post
the current local innovation plan on the agency's Internet website.
SECTION 2. 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.