85R12009 MM-D
By: Campbell S.B. No. 1135
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the first day of instruction at a public school 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
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) except as provided by Section 12A.004(a),
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; 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) A school district designated as a district of innovation
before June 1, 2017, may include modifications to the school year in
the local innovation plan.
SECTION 2. Section 12A.004, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) 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; and
(5) the first day of instruction requirement under
Section 25.0811.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
the local innovation plan of a school district designated as a
district of innovation before June 1, 2017, may provide for the
exemption of the district from the first day of instruction
requirement under Section 25.0811.
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.