85R4404 KKA-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 426
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to parental notification of class sizes at public schools
in a district of innovation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12A.003, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A local innovation plan that provides for the exemption
of the district from the class size limits imposed by Section 25.112
must require the district to provide written notification of class
size to each parent of or person standing in parental relation to a
student enrolled in a class that exceeds the otherwise applicable
limit. The notification must:
(1) specify in conspicuous bold or underlined print
the number of students in the class;
(2) be provided not later than the 31st day after the
first day of each school year during the term of the district's
designation as a district of innovation; and
(3) be included in a regular mailing or other
communication from the campus or district, such as information sent
home with students.
SECTION 2. Section 12A.003(d), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a local innovation plan adopted or renewed
on or after the effective date of this Act. A local innovation plan
adopted or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the plan was adopted or renewed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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.