89R10406 CMO-D
By: Allen H.B. No. 3384
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of class size limits and certain
parental notification 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 related to class size limits under
Section 25.112 and notice regarding class size under Section
25.113;
(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 to each local innovation plan adopted under
Chapter 12A, Education Code, regardless of whether the plan was
adopted before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. A
local innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date
of this Act must comply with Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as
amended by this Act, not later than September 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.