Bill Text: TX SB1320 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of educator certification and assignment requirements to school districts of innovation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Education [SB1320 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1320-Introduced.html

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87R661 MEW-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1320

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of educator certification and
assignment 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) educator certification requirements under Chapter
21 for teachers assigned to teach subject areas included in the
foundation curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(1);
(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, 2023.
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. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.