| 1 | 1 | | 88R1260 MLH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Paxton S.B. No. 421 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the applicability of certain requirements relating to |
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| 8 | 8 | | parental rights, open records, and public information to school |
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| 9 | 9 | | districts designated as districts of innovation. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) A local innovation plan may not provide for the |
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| 14 | 14 | | exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from |
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| 15 | 15 | | or limit the applicability of [the following provisions of this |
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| 16 | 16 | | title]: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) a state or federal requirement applicable to an |
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| 18 | 18 | | open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Chapter 12; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) Subchapters A, C, D, and E, Chapter 11, except that |
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| 21 | 21 | | a district may be exempt from Sections 11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 11.162; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) any parental right or entitlement described or |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided under Chapter 26; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) [(3)] state curriculum and graduation |
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| 26 | 26 | | requirements adopted under Chapter 28; [and] |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) [(4)] academic and financial accountability and |
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| 28 | 28 | | sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (6) any requirement under Chapter 551 or 552, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Government Code. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. Section 12A.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 32 | 32 | | adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b-2) The commissioner may terminate a district's |
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| 34 | 34 | | designation as a district of innovation if the district's local |
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| 35 | 35 | | innovation plan exempts the district from a provision or limits the |
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| 36 | 36 | | application of a provision in violation of Section 12A.004(a)(3) or |
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| 37 | 37 | | (6). |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as amended |
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| 39 | 39 | | by this Act, applies to each local innovation plan adopted under |
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| 40 | 40 | | Chapter 12A, Education Code, regardless of whether the plan was |
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| 41 | 41 | | adopted before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. A local |
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| 42 | 42 | | innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date of |
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| 43 | 43 | | this Act must comply with Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as |
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| 44 | 44 | | amended by this Act, not later than September 1, 2023. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 4. Section 12A.008(b-2), Education Code, as added |
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| 46 | 46 | | by this Act, applies beginning September 1, 2023. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 48 | 48 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 49 | 49 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 51 | 51 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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