Bill Text: TX HB228 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to accountability and standards for districts of innovation.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-09 - Left pending in committee [HB228 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB228-Introduced.html
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By: Krause | H.B. No. 228 |
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relating to accountability and standards for districts of | ||
innovation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12A.001, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) A school district is eligible for designation as a | ||
district of innovation only if: | ||
(1) the district's most recent performance rating | ||
under Section 39.054 reflects at least acceptable performance; and | ||
(2) the district satisfies eligibility standards | ||
adopted by the commissioner under Subsection (b-1). | ||
(b-1) In addition to the eligibility standard imposed under | ||
Subsection (b)(1), the commissioner shall adopt objective | ||
eligibility standards applicable to a school district seeking | ||
designation as a district of innovation, including academic | ||
performance eligibility standards and financial accountability | ||
eligibility standards. The agency shall post the eligibility | ||
standards adopted under this subsection on the agency's Internet | ||
website. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 12A.003(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A local innovation plan must: | ||
(1) provide for a comprehensive educational program | ||
for the district, which program may include: | ||
(A) innovative curriculum, instructional | ||
methods, and provisions regarding community participation, campus | ||
governance, and parental involvement; | ||
(B) modifications to the school day or year; | ||
(C) provisions regarding the district budget and | ||
sustainable program funding; | ||
(D) accountability and assessment measures that | ||
exceed the requirements of state and federal law; and | ||
(E) any other innovations prescribed by the board | ||
of trustees; [ |
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(2) identify requirements imposed by this code that | ||
inhibit the goals of the plan and from which the district should be | ||
exempted on adoption of the plan, subject to Section 12A.004; and | ||
(3) establish performance objectives for the district | ||
under the plan. | ||
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 12A.005, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12A.005. ADOPTION OF LOCAL INNOVATION PLAN; | ||
COMMISSIONER DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY [ |
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SECTION 4. Sections 12A.005(a) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board of trustees may not vote on adoption of a | ||
proposed local innovation plan unless: | ||
(1) the final version of the proposed plan has been | ||
available on the district's Internet website for at least 30 days; | ||
(2) the board of trustees has notified the | ||
commissioner of the board's intention to vote on adoption of the | ||
proposed plan; [ |
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(3) the district-level committee established under | ||
Section 11.251 has held a public meeting to consider the final | ||
version of the proposed plan and has approved the plan by a majority | ||
vote of the committee members, provided that the meeting required | ||
by this subdivision may occur immediately before and on the same | ||
date as the meeting at which the board intends to vote on adoption | ||
of the proposed plan; and | ||
(4) the commissioner has notified the board that the | ||
district satisfies all eligibility standards adopted by the | ||
commissioner under Section 12A.001. | ||
(c) On adoption of a local innovation plan, the district: | ||
(1) is designated as a district of innovation under | ||
this chapter for the term specified in the plan, subject to Section | ||
12A.006; | ||
(2) shall begin operation in accordance with the plan; | ||
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(3) is exempt from state requirements identified under | ||
Section 12A.003(b)(2); and | ||
(4) shall notify the commissioner of the adoption of | ||
the plan. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 12A.008(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner may terminate a district's designation | ||
as a district of innovation if the district [ |
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consecutive school years: | ||
(1) receives an unacceptable academic performance | ||
rating under Section 39.054; | ||
(2) receives an unacceptable financial accountability | ||
rating under Section 39.082; [ |
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(3) receives an unacceptable academic performance | ||
rating under Section 39.054 for one of the school years and an | ||
unacceptable financial accountability rating under Section 39.082 | ||
for the other school year; or | ||
(4) fails to satisfy any eligibility standards adopted | ||
by the commissioner under Section 12A.001. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect August 1, 2021. |