TITLE: Relating to the applicability of certain laws governing public school discipline and law and order to a school district of innovation.

SUMMARY: Relating to the applicability of certain laws governing public school discipline and law and order to a school district of innovation.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the applicability of certain laws governing public school discipline and law and order to a school district 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) state curriculum and graduation requirements adopted under Chapter 28; (4) Chapter 37; 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.