86R2612 TSS-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 124
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of educator certification and
assignment requirements to school 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
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) requirements under federal law regarding the
assignment of appropriately certified educators for bilingual
education and special education;
(4) state curriculum and graduation requirements
adopted under Chapter 28; and
(5) [(4)] academic and financial accountability and
sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A.
SECTION 2. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as amended
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, 2019.