Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 102 - EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS › Subchapter JJ - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING INNOVATION DISTRICT › Section 102.1313 - Amendment, Rescission, or Renewal

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A
				  district innovation plan may be amended, rescinded, or renewed if the action is
				  approved by a majority vote of the district-level committee established under
				  Texas Education Code (TEC), §11.251, or a comparable committee if the
				  district is exempt from that section, and a two-thirds majority vote of the
				  board of trustees.
(1) Amendment. An amendment
				  to an approved plan does not change the date of the term of designation as an
				  innovation district. Exemptions that were already formally approved are not
				  required to be reviewed.
(2)
				  Rescission. A district must notify the Texas Education Agency within five
				  business days of rescission and provide a date at which time it will be in
				  compliance with all sections of the TEC, but no later than the start of the
				  following school year.
(3) Renewal.
				  During renewal, all sections of the plan and exemptions shall be reviewed and
				  the district must follow all components outlined in §
											102.1307 of this title (relating
				  to Adoption of Local Innovation Plan), except that a district is not required
				  to notify the commissioner of education of the board's intention to vote on the
				  adoption of the proposed plan under §
											102.1307(a)(2) of
				  this title.
(A) A district must meet
				  eligibility requirements under §
												102.1303 of this title (relating
				  to Eligibility) in order to renew an innovation plan.
(B) In the event that a district fails to
				  renew a plan prior to the expiration of its term, a district may renew the plan
				  in the six months subsequent to the plan's date of expiration in order to
				  maintain a continuous designation as a district of innovation.
(i) The term of a renewed plan, subject to
				  §
													102.1311 of this title (relating
				  to Term), may not begin prior to the date on which the board votes to adopt the
				  renewed plan, unless the plan is adopted during the six months subsequent to
				  the plan's date of expiration.
(ii)
				  If a plan is renewed during the timeline described in this subparagraph, the
				  renewed plan will have a term not to exceed five calendar years, beginning on
				  the date of expiration of the prior term.
(iii) If a plan is renewed during the
				  timeline described in this subparagraph and changes are made to the plan during
				  the renewal process, those changes will be in effect from the date of adoption
				  of the renewed plan through the expiration date of the renewed plan, unless
				  amended, rescinded, or terminated.
(iv) If changes are made to the plan during
				  the renewal process, the district shall mark the changes with the date of the
				  vote to renew the plan in order to denote the earliest date those changes may
				  take effect.
(v) A district whose
				  plan is not renewed during the timeline described in this subparagraph shall
				  comply with all previously adopted exemptions immediately upon expiration of
				  the plan and begin the adoption process over again in its entirety should the
				  district wish to pursue designation as a district of innovation in the
				  future.