85R852 KKA-D
By: Huffines S.B. No. 606
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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) [(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) 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.